THE business of providing shelter to children who cannot live with their parents has become an industry worth more than $1 billion a year, with the profits shared by carers who admit to taking children into their homes for the money.
FOSTER children are being medicated with psychotropic drugs at 10 times the rate of other children because as many as half have mental health problems, according to NSW Community Services Minister Linda Burney.
ONE in four children removed from the care of their parents and placed in foster homes are being medicated to control their emotions.
FORMER judge Marcus Einfeld, who is facing jail time after pleading guilty to perjury and perverting the course of justice, has cancer.
THE WA Department of Child Protection is spending more than $500,000 a year to keep a troubled young teen on an isolated property.
FOR generations, the debate about Bob Dylan has been: yes, but can he sing?
IT’S October, so there are sculptures at Sydney’s Bondi.
AN increasing number of foster parents are asking state governments to cover the cost of extending their homes and buying new cars, so they can take in more children.
THE Australian and the ABC are among the few media outlets still investing in quality journalism, Ray Martin declared last night.
AUSTRALIA lags well behind the best-performing OECD countries in preschool education, with only 42per cent of children aged three to four in formal programs.
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