Coalition vows to act on child abuse
PREGNANT women and abused teenagers in state-run homes will be targeted in a $50 million Coalition plan to tackle child abuse.
Milanda Rout
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Child protection campaign attracts few
CHILD protection authorities have splashed out almost $200,000 on an international recruitment campaign.
Greens benefactor now backs Labor
The Greens are at risk of losing one of their most generous campaign benefactors for next month’s Victorian election.
UK recruits desert child welfare
A QUARTER of international child protection workers recruited by the Brumby government have left the system.
Kids in crisis slip through cracks
CASEWORKERS are fighting hard to keep neglected children safe.
Child protection in crisis: ex-staffer
A FORMER social worker says he worked in an office where four staff were expected to handle more than 180 cases of kids at risk of abuse
Pressure to close child abuse cases
CHILD protection workers are being pressured to close cases early in a bid to reduce the politically damaging “unallocated cases list”.
I was shot at twice as premier: Kennett
FORMER premier Jeff Kennett’s revelations that he was twice shot at while in power have stunned Victoria’s political circles.
Overland concedes he will leave a mess
VICTORIA’S top cop Simon Overland has admitted he will leave a “whole lot of mess” for his successor to clean up.
Parties slow to pick candidates
THE major political parties have yet to select candidates for 14 Victorian electorates, just three weeks before the state election campaign.
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