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The boy was left home alone by his mother.

Perth mum sentenced after boy found wandering streets naked

After passers-by contacted authorities to tell them the boy was alone and unsupervised, police took him back to his northern suburbs house and were shocked with what they found.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt

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The home at 2 Blake Street in Waterbury.

A new name, first-ever birthday party: Man speaks out after 20 years as ‘prisoner’ in childhood home

In his first public comments, the man, who set the house on fire in his desperation to escape, said he wanted justice and was working to “reclaim control” of his future.

  • Dave Collins
In an undated police handout, a bedroom at a home at 2 Blake Street in Waterbury, Conn. Police say a man was held captive for two decades in the home.

‘He saved himself’: Firefighter rescues man held captive for decades until he set his room on fire

In the ambulance, an emergency worker commented on the overpowering smell. The patient said it had been more than a year since he had been permitted to shower.

  • Sarah Maslin Nir
Jenny Tuita at 15 and today.

Aged 15, Jenny was charged with being ‘uncontrollable’. Now she’s on a mission for justice

The NSW government is facing potential legal action over invasive medical examinations performed on teenagers at a girls’ shelter in Glebe.

  • Angus Thomson
Harriet Snaith

I grieve for the childhood my abuser took from me

If one child was spared as a result of my legal nightmare, it was worth it.

  • Harriet Snaith
Matt Bachl

Senior NSW media adviser charged over child abuse material

Matthew John Bachl, 38, has been suspended without pay from his role with NSW Corrective Services.

  • Kate Aubusson
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Ballarat Grammar has called in police to investigate assault claims.

Private school hires security guards to protect sleeping students

Security guards and cameras have been brought into Ballarat Grammar, a prestigious school that is facing claims of a “strapping” culture.

  • Noel Towell
The Australian Law Reform Commission’s report found that “the justice system is failing to meet the twin goals of access to justice and accountability”.

For three years, I tried to navigate a system where sex crimes have been effectively decriminalised

A new report found “the justice system is failing to meet the twin goals of access to justice and accountability”. So where are the groundbreaking reforms?

  • Sonia Orchard

Louise Milligan on the monster priest no one will grieve

Paedophile Gerald Ridsdale, who died last week, was convicted of abusing 70 children. But those who enabled his sick crimes are just as culpable, Louise Milligan tells Fitz.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Ballarat Grammar principal Adam Heath said at least 10 current senior students had a “perverse sense of justice”.

40 years ago, I was abused at Ballarat Grammar. I know first-hand that change is possible

My school reunion took me back to my worst experiences at my alma mater. These new allegations of student-on-student abuse are shocking, but eerily familiar to those who experienced similar “rituals”.

  • Michael Short

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