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Jenny Tuita, aged 15, the same age she was when she was charged as “uncontrollable”.

Women who endured horrific treatment in state care should be heard

The invasive practices Jenny Tuita experienced happened not just in Glebe, but are known to have occurred at Wilson Youth Hospital and the notorious Parramatta Girls’ Home.

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The girl was taken to Logan Hospital, where police alleged medical staff documented extensive injuries, including bruising, burns, fractures and disfigurement.

Woman tortured, neglected four-year-old for months, police allege

A Logan woman accused of torturing and neglecting a girl over 10 months, leaving her at risk of being “permanently injured”, has had her case heard in court.

  • Rex Martinich
Twelve kids were lost for four days because of the ageing software.

Twelve kids in state care went missing for four days because their addresses were in a spreadsheet

This case study was unearthed in a probe by Auditor General Caroline Spencer who today delivered a scathing report about the department’s record-keeping software known as Assist.

  • Hamish Hastie
The child protection system is struggling to cope.

Abuse cases surging as child protection investigations take weeks to start

Victoria spends $821.96 per child on care services, which is the least in the nation.

  • Kieran Rooney
Zoe Robinson the NSW Advocate for Children and Young People

Zoe said that adults don’t always know best. Mark Latham savaged her

The NSW Advocate for Children and Young People isn’t afraid to weigh into some of the most controversial issues of importance to the state’s young people.

  • Deborah Snow
Queensland’s chief police union says domestic and family violence reporting is creating unmanageable workloads and draining resources, leading to more officers leaving the force.

Police need hundreds more officers as domestic violence calls skyrocket

The state’s top police union says officers are responding to more than 500 domestic and family violence-related occurrences a day, with the number expected to grow.

  • Courtney Kruk
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Melanie James is calling for all members of the NSW Band Association to have working with children checks after she said she was groomed as a young teenager by a member 32 years her senior.

At four, Melanie played the Opera House. By 13, the grooming had allegedly started

Melanie James says the grooming and sexual abuse allegedly committed by a bandmate 32 years her senior was known about by other band members who did nothing to help.

  • Amber Schultz
Cleveland Dodd died after being held in Unit 18. His mother Nadene Dodd wants to ensure change is made. Picture: WAtoday

‘Matter of urgency’: Coroner calls for closure of WA youth prison unit

Coroner Philip Urquhart called for the justice department to be stripped of its role overseeing young people.

  • Aaron Bunch
A 16-year-old girl alleges her residential care unit is like “jail” after being removed from her foster parents over an allegation she says is untrue.

The 16-year-old, the sex abuse allegation and the $3k-a-day accommodation

When Kate sent a terrifying message to her friends one evening, things rapidly spiralled out of control.

  • Amber Schultz
Illustration: Joe Benke

Too young for TikTok, old enough for jail: How a meaner Australia treats its kids

Two worrying but contradictory laws affecting children passed last week in Queensland and Canberra. Both arose despite a lack of evidence to support them.

  • Sean Kelly

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