Child safety
‘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.
- by Aaron Bunch
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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.
- by Amber Schultz
Australia has $1.7b in unpaid child support. These MPs have a plan to claw it back
An eight-month parliamentary inquiry heard that unpaid child support was being used as a form of financial abuse.
- by Hamish Hastie
Opinion
Child protection
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.
- by Sean Kelly
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Social media
We’ve turned kids into outlaws. It won’t work, but we can still make social media safer for them
Australia’s Privacy Commissioner has serious concerns about the laws passed on Friday, but, she explains, we can use privacy legislation to make the internet better for young people.
- by Carly Kind
Behind the scenes of the starvation trial that gripped Perth
A Floreat couple who allegedly lived in squalor inside their multimillion-dollar mansion were found guilty of mistreating their severely underweight daughter.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Floreat parents found guilty of starving daughter
Two Floreat parents have spent their first night behind bars after being found guilty of starving their teenage daughter, as well as social, emotional and functional neglect.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Global dance group Shen Yun faces inquiry over underage labour practices
The troupe, operated by the Falun Gong religious movement, requires dancers to train under abusive conditions, former performers say.
- by Michael Rothfeld and Nicole Hong
Floreat mother denies she was concerned about emaciated daughter: court
The woman at the centre of a trial over the alleged malnourishment of her teenage daughter has been accused of cutting off family members who raised concerns about the girl.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
The four-year-old who helped snare an abusive daycare worker
The child’s mother has joined a chorus of parents calling for more to be done to protect children after a spate of incidents at daycare centres.
- by Amber Schultz
A mother took a phone call. Nine minutes later, her son was found face down in the pool
Children aged one and two are most at risk of drowning, according to the coroner, who has urged parents to be vigilant when supervising toddlers near water.
- by Erin Pearson
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