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Australia
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Children and Family Support Service
- Hooked on the Screen: The Hospital Where Video Games Are Treated Like Drugs
- ‘She just fell out’: Young Perth family’s surprise as baby girl born in front seat of car
- The Productivity Commission Wants all Australian Kids to get 3 Days a Week of Childcare – Bit won’t be Until 2036
- Why are Child Carers Still Paid Less than Retail Workers? And How can we Help Fix it?
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Digital Focus
- New Age Rules Set to Block Under-16s from Social Media in Australia
- Ban harmful content from social media instead of us, say Australian teens
- Teens launch High Court challenge to Australia’s social media ban
- Under 16’s social media ban countdown | A Current Affair
- Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia’s teen social media ban
- Australia is banning social media for children under 16. How will it work?
- Instagram to start closing Australian teen accounts ahead of social media ban
- ‘Idk what to do’: Teens share their thoughts after test-driving the social-media ban
- Roblox exempt but ‘absolutely could’ be added to Australia’s under-16s social media ban
- Reddit added to Australia’s social media ban on under-16s
- Australian girls being ‘hunted’ by online crime gangs to commit violent acts
- VIDEO: Could the social media ban be a good thing?
- Google says Australian law on teen social media use ‘extremely difficult’ to enforce
- Bathurst mum’s plea at UN as Australia’s social media ban lauded by world leaders
- Australia’s social media ban for teens draws praise at UN
- Australia wants ‘minimally invasive’ age checks under teen social media ban
- Enforcing Australia’s social media ban on children is possible but contains risks, report says
- The Tweens Down Under: Life Without Social Media in Australia
- How parents and guardians can help children reduce YouTube use before the ban
- Social Media Bans for Children Ignore the Reality of Digital Life
- Australia considers banning social media for under-14 children in South
- South Australia considers social media ban for children under 14
- Smartphones and social media ‘toxic’ for children under 14, psychologist Jonathan Haidt says
- Australia Bans Social Media Until Age 16
- Australia Has Barred Everyone Under 16 From Social Media. Will It Work?
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Education
- Parents Who Harass Teachers on WhatsApp Could Be Barred from Schools
- Victoria Expands Mobile Phone Ban to All Schools, Including Private Institutions
- Education Gap Widens Between Rich and Poor Students as Schools Search for Solutions
- Public Schools Outperform Elite Private Colleges in VCE Subject Choices, New Analysis Reveals
- Victoria Moves to Ban Smartwatches and Wireless Headphones in Classrooms Under Expanded Device Crackdown in Victoria, Australia
- Alarming Study Reveals More Than 40% of Preschoolers Are Showing Signs of Anxiety, Raising Early Intervention Concerns
- Child Safety Crackdown: Over 500 Barred from Working with Children in Queensland Blue Card Sweep
- NAPLAN Chaos: 1.3 Million Australian Students’ Tests Halted by Nationwide Tech Failure
- Australia to Bolster School Curriculum to Protect Children from Hate and Misunderstanding
- Classrooms Under Attack: Vandals Target Melbourne Schools, Leaving Children Disrupted and Unsafe
- ‘I’d ride that’: Teens’ sexual comments leave male teachers terrified
- ‘Fix the torture’: Union battle cry after ominous warning to striking teachers
- Queensland teachers to strike for second time amid pay dispute with state government
- Somerville House investigating after teachers’ dossier on students leaked
- Abusive parents facing longer bans from school under new South Australian laws
- Home-school vs mainstream
- Queensland government makes three-year 8 per cent pay rise offer to state’s school teachers
- Parents kept in dark on secret gender transitions at school
- Hidden epidemic jeopardising ‘a generation’ of children
- Learn to Read in 30 Days for FREE!
- Kindy parents told to pay thousands for children’s art – sparking uproar and a midnight heist
- 5-Year-Old Draws Grandad for Class—Teacher Left Concerned by What He Writes
- Aussie parents are moving away from mainstream school
- Education Department responds to 7NEWS investigation into Australia’s school bullying crisis
- Hundreds of students evacuated as school in Western Sydney locked down over fears of threat
- One in three Aussie students falling behind in maths
- Education minister axes entire VCAA board in the wake of review into exam bungle
- Inside the program helping university students ‘jump-start’ their careers in teaching
- ‘Teachers are describing something different’: the escalating culture of misogyny in Australian classrooms
- Students rally outside Western Sydney boys’ school, chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ after staff stood down for defending Sydney nurses video
- Schools focus on respect as teachers report feeling intimidated by parents and students
- Adelaide woman to face court after allegedly threatening teenage girl in classroom
- Aussie school students worse equipped than ever to participate in democracy ahead of Federal Election, report finds
- Queensland parents who drive children to school could receive an allowance
- The Melbourne outreach program aiming to give students greater access to art
- How Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests inspired a Darwin teen to start a student magazine
- Children ‘excluded’ from school photos and play dates, as advocates say SA’s child protection laws are ‘over-zealous’
- School bullying inquiry hears Catholic Education Tasmania denies leadership roles to staff based on sexual orientation and relationship status
- Can schools enforce uniform policies like short hair for boys and skirts for girls?
- New public schools open at Legana and Brighton — the first time in Tasmania for a decade
- On patrol with the truancy officers charged with getting NT kids back to school
- Schools finding new ways to quell anxiety for kids starting school
- More parents chaperoning children to school as road fatality toll in Aussies under seven soars
- Sydney high school senior investigated by police over deepfake pornographic images of female students
- ‘We Nicknamed it Eddy’: what do Schools and Teachers Think of AI in Classrooms?
- Labor urged to commit to Universal Childcare After Report Finds Many Children Miss out on Critical Learning
- The Trouble with 15%: Why Early Childhood Educators say More Than a Pay Rise is Needed
- More than 20,000 Extra Early Childhood Educators Urgently Needed in Australia to Keep Up With Current Demands, Report Says
- A New Language and Literacy Screening Tool is Part of a Plan to Improve Australian Students’ Literacy
- Adventist Church Pastor Awarded for Service to Public School in Australia
- NAPLAN Results Reveal one in Three Students not Meeting Basic Literacy and Numeracy Expectations
- Early Childhood Education Workers to Receive 15% Pay Rise – if Centres Limit Fee Increases
- Too Many Year 9 Students are Missing School. What can Parents and Teachers do to Keep them Engaged?
- Virtual school Enrolment Surge as Absenteeism Rates Climb
- Why Guardian Australia is investigating Exclusive Brethren Schools
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Health Matters
- Mother Warns Parents After Cake Decorating Dust Leaves Toddler in Coma
- Perth Parents Speak Out Over Struggle to Access Specialist Epilepsy Care for Son
- Australian birthing influencer banned from promoting views online by Victoria’s health watchdog
- Family’s fight to make every moment count | A Current Affair
- Influenza B is hitting Australian children hard this flu season as vaccination uptake slows
- Premature babies moved to former storeroom at cramped hospital
- Top doctor’s warning after spike in flu cases among Aussie Children
- Queensland surgeons remove large part of one-year-old’s skull to transform his life
- Family’s tough fertility decision for their ‘miracle’ baby girl fighting cancer
- This 20-month-old boy personifies the NDIS issue expected to dominate 2025
- NSW Health Minister apologises to mother and son over medical scare at Lithgow, Nepean hospitals
- Job cuts to deliver Canberra’s health system a funding injection unlikely to improve wait times
- Queensland social media influencer accused of drugging baby bailed
- Social media influencer drugging child ‘led to brain surgery’, court told
- Perth baby Cruz Kelly rushed to hospital with rare and aggressive cancer
- Organ transplant research centre opens at children’s hospital in Sydney
- Darwin teen warns others to cover up sores after surviving infection of deadly disease melioidosis
- Family of girl who had brain surgery when awake moving to Australia for further care
- Newcastle family desperate for Christmas miracle to save five-year-old son’s life
- ‘Biggest day of our lives’: Premature babies return home in time for first Christmas
- Adelaide father accused of faking child’s cancer to raise money granted bail
- Wet weather brings increased paralysis tick risk, warns doctor
- Alice Springs rallies around ‘little fighter’ after violent home invasion
- Adelaide couple allegedly faked son’s cancer diagnosis to raise $60,000
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Immigration
- Two-Year-Old Faces Deportation Because of Illness, Family ‘Torn Apart’ Over $1.2M bill
- Australia Announces New Limit for International Student Enrollments for 2025
- Australia’s Approach to International Student caps is Even More Radical Than in the UK and Canada
- Australia Made 9 Changes to Student Migration Rules Over the Past Year. We Don’t Need International Student Caps as Well
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Physical Abuse
- NT Child Flagged 100 Times in Neglect System as Authorities Warn of Widespread Safeguarding Failures
- Horrific School Bullying: 13-Year-Old Assaulted in Five-Hour Ordeal at Sydney High
- Queensland Baby Injured at Early Childhood Centre as Safety Concerns Mount
- Notorious Adelaide killer Bevan Spencer von Einem dying
- Allan Labor Gov’t Failing Vulnerable Children
- DCP under fire as 18 at-risk children die in under 18
- Mum breaks silence after six-year-old Charlie’s death in Adelaide
- Teenage cricketer dies in Melbourne after being hit by ball
- Australian boy, 11, died from snake bite after father told him to ‘sleep it off’
- Infant’s death in illegal Robinvale childcare centre among sector’s secret failures
- Seven people charged over stabbing deaths of Dau Akueng and Chol Achiek in Cobblebank
- Melbourne woman charged over deaths of two girls in house fire
- Road rage attack leaves two Sydney teenagers hospitalised
- NT considers appeal after teen who fractures baby’s skull gets no jail time
- Baby girl dies, child seriously injured after being hit by car at Minto Mall car park
- Jennifer Mui Len Chin, who stabbed teen daughter’s boyfriend, was ‘trying to protect family’
- Community raises more than $94,000 after 4yo Lua Valles-Garcia killed by falling palm tree in suburban Darwin
- Child dies after being struck by a car at Villawood in Sydney’s west
- Teen pedestrian injured in hit-and-run at Merrylands in western Sydney
- Mother and young son airlifted to hospital after suburban stabbing attack in Wollongong
- Two-year-old boy dies after being found unresponsive at home in Fingal Bay, NSW
- Six teenagers injured as allegedly stolen car crashes during police pursuit near Newcastle
- Teen boy one of two killed in separate Sydney crashes, two critical
- Brawl breaks out among parents at junior soccer match
- Indigenous teen’s alleged killers were ‘mucking around’ before alleged attack
- ‘Hard to believe’: Community grieves three-year-old fatally struck by out-of-control car
- Two children found alive after person killed in ‘suspicious’ house fire near Toowoomba
- Mohamed Fattah, 9, was on weekend away with relatives before shooting tragedy
- Girl, 4, left disfigured by ‘worst injuries ever seen’ after almost a year of torture
- Teen arrested over death of another teen hit by car in Taylors Lakes, Melbourne
- Children among seven injured as burnout goes horribly wrong in Abermain, NSW
- Grief-stricken parents demand urgent review after two-year-old son dies at Northern Beaches Hospital
- Schoolgirl critically injured by falling tree branch during Government House excursion
- Grieving parents demand investigation into Sydney hospital after death of two-year-old son
- School community mourns death of student who collapsed at rowing training
- Man and toddler fighting for life after mother and daughter killed in house fire
- Man, 20, charged with murder after death of 10-week-old girl in Queensland
- ‘Horrific’: Boy, 10, fighting for life after being hit by car near Sydney bus stop
- Operator ‘hung out to dry’ by jumping castle manufacturer after six children were killed in Tasmania
- Boy playing in the water bitten by a dingo on K’gari
- Police charge five people with assault after group allegedly attacked teenage lifeguard at public swimming pool in Melbourne
- Man accused of murdering baby asked ‘unusual’ question, doctor says
- Driver assaulted, children injured after car doing burnout at illegal street meet skids out of control
- Keith Andrew Chambers charged over crash with e-bike that killed 9yo
- Man, 20, charged with murder after four-month-old boy died in NSW hospital
- Investigation after teenager turned up to Sydney hospital with gunshot wound
- Child suffers critical injuries after being hit by car in Tasmania
- Inquest to examine baby’s death after home birth gone wrong in Victoria
- School student ‘in shock’ after being struck by alleged hit-run driver
- Indigenous teen’s murderer a ‘coward filled with rage’, lawyer tells court
- Earlwood community left devastated by death of infant found in car, after neighbours tried to revive the girl
- Woman charged with torture following major Queensland investigation into alleged child abuse
- Child Protection ‘overly optimistic’ before 2yo killed, hidden in roof in Victoria
- Melbourne private school fined $140k for student’s ‘preventable’ death on overseas trip
- Never-before-seen police interviews show church group moments after girl’s death
- ‘Abhorrent’: Woman, 24, charged with murder after nine-year-old boy found dead with ‘significant’ head injuries
- Father killed in Australia Day crash alongside young son identified
- Woman, 24, charged over alleged murder of nine-year-old boy
- Police investigate sudden death of two-month-old girl in central Queensland
- ‘Pure luck’ teenagers weren’t killed after shooting on inner Melbourne street
- Two fatal crashes on Victorian roads bring state’s road toll to 19
- Birthday party tragedy as girl dies in house fire in Rokeby, Hobart
- Teen Beau Liddell dies at Wappa Falls while trying to save drowning friend
- Toddler, 3, bitten by dingo near Kingfisher Bay on K’gari (Fraser Island)
- Sister of child killed in ‘tragic’ birthday gathering house fire in Hobart dies
- Five-year-old boy dies after being crushed by parking meter at museum in WA
- Three children, two adults in hospital after crash in regional Victoria
- Car seized as police investigate hit-and-run that critically injured 4yr boy
- Child, 4, critical after alleged hit-and-run in south-western NSW
- Two adults critical, six children injured after minibus crashes in NSW
- Teen boy stabbed after illegal fireworks set off in park in Guildford, Western Sydney
- Tragic end in search for missing five-year-old boy with autism
- Police scale back search for teenager swept off the rocks on NSW Central Coast
- Teenager rushed to hospital after alleged stabbing at Parramatta Westfield
- Violent brawl at kids’ event at Sydney greyhound track caught on camera
- Manhunt after family home sprayed with bullets while children were asleep
- Perth couple drown trying to save daughter at popular WA beach
- Woman dies, child hospitalised after car hits tree in northern Victoria
- Man drowns after rescuing four children from rough waters at Tasmanian beach
- Man shot dead in front of children in suspected gangland hit in Sydney’s west
- Four-year-old killed after being hit by car in Sydney’s west
- Dad, son and grandmother ‘followed’ after altercation while looking at Christmas lights
- Boy, 10, fighting for life after police chase south of Perth
- Police find body in search for missing boy Luca Bennett, 15, who was swept off rocks
- Family devastated after four-year-old dies in tragic house fire in WA three days before Christmas
- Desperate search for teenager swept off rocks on NSW Central Coast
- Teen rescued from Geraldton beach after near-drowning
- Teen surfer itching to get back in water as soon as possible after surviving shark attack
- Cops accused of ‘victim-blaming’ over baby, dad deaths
- Driver jailed for ‘abrupt, cruel’ killing of 16-year-old girl
- Toddler in hospital after being pulled from Sydney backyard pool
- Victoria boy dies in tragic game of hide and seek gone wrong
- Warrant Issued for Man Who Allegedly Threw Piping Hot Coffee on Baby in Unprovoked Attack
- Study Identifies Factors Associated with Child Maltreatment in the Home
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Strong Room
- Psychology Insight Links Generational “Toughness” to Gaps in Childhood Care, Raising Questions on Child Protection and Safeguarding
- Family Move Highlights Importance of Supporting Children Through Big School Transitions
- The Death of a Three-Year-Old and the Hard Lesson on Parenting, Protection, and Accountability
- Aussie children losing hope for the future, new report finds
- Emma was homeless just weeks before sitting her high school exams, and her story is believed to be shared by many more
- Former Tech Executive Julie Inman Grant Battles Big Tech’s Youth Data Collection
- Government grants aim to ease Queensland women back into workforce
- I work from 3 a.m. to 4 p.m. to run my children’s clothing brand from Australia. My schedule isn’t sustainable, and we’re moving back to the US.
- Ditching screen time guilt could help families connect, psychologist says
- YouTube to be included in Australia’s teen social media ban
- What should parents tell their children about the Middle East conflict?
- Scientists Caught Sperm Defying One of Newton’s Laws of Physics
- Hannah Kent: ‘I was kind of having a second adolescence’
- Biological parents of baby born to wrong couple in IVF bungle have no legal right to child, law says
- Australian adoptees call for inquiry in wake of South Korean overseas adoptions scandal
- “Excited About the Future” – Inside the Mind of Gen Alpha
- Most children under 16 still using social media despite world-first ban, eSafety Commissioner reports
- Adelaide’s Genius Childcare allowed to reopen after forced closure over cleanliness allegations
- Kylie picks youngster out of the crowd as superstar kicks off world tour in Perth
- State regulator temporarily shuts down Genius Childcare centre in Blair Athol
- Hospital a ‘beacon of light’ for mum who gave birth during Queensland floods
- Climate Crisis Reshapes Australian Children’s Lives
- How parents can manage the risk of posting back-to-school photos on social media
- National Children’s Commissioner ‘deeply concerned’ for wellbeing of children in the Jewish community amid surge in antisemitism
- South Australian families receive cost-of-living relief as school year begins
- Young girls’ bravery awarded after saving pregnant mum in terrifying crash
- Violations of children’s rights a ‘blot on Australia’s reputation’
- My mom says I waited too long to have kids because she’s now an older grandparent. It was the perfect time for me
- How to raise bilingual children in Australia, where English reigns supreme
- Western Sydney families struggling to find places in ‘childcare deserts’ worried about cost-of-living
- Temu beach tent recalled over safety fears
- Kids born and raised in secret to get birth certificates
- Baby Remi, among the first born of new Beta generation, arrives in Australia just minutes after new year
- The Ebike Commute Challenge: could I do Daycare Drop-Off and get to Work Faster than Driving?
- I Won’t Take Care of my Grandchildren — Some Call me Selfish but I Don’t Care
- ‘You’re not Welcome here’: Australia’s Treatment of Disabled Migrants
- Celebration of Children
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Child Abuse
- Roblox Accused of Exploiting, Manipulating Children in Online Gaming Platform
- Sydney Childcare Worker Faces 137 Child Abuse Charges as New Allegations Emerge
- Childcare Centre Shut Down Over Serious Safety Failures Linked to Abuse Allegations in Melbourne, Victoria
- Teachers Charged with Assaulting Three Young Boys at New South Wales School
- Court Condemns ‘Age-Gap’ Novel as Child Abuse Material, Author Found Guilty in Landmark Ruling
- Outrage Over 117 Reports of Underage Forced Marriage in NSW Sparks Call for Parliamentary Inquiry
- Trusted Politician Jailed 20 Years for Drugging & Abusing Boys as Young as 10
- Every File Tells a Story: Why Online Child Protection Can’t Wait
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Child Care
- Child Safeguarding Concerns Raised in Brisbane as Childcare Worker Faces Multiple Sexual Abuse Charges
- Massive Shake-Up in Disability Support: Australia’s ‘Thriving Children’ Plan”
- Nearly 10,000 SA childcare incidents reported resulted in ‘no action’, FOI documents show
- Mum says daycare’s response to daughter’s injury made her lose trust in Little Zak’s Academy
- Childcare Worker Shortages in Regional Victoria: A Growing Crisis
- Childcare to close after 120 years amid warnings Sydney is losing grandchildren
- Childcare centre in Sydney’s south-west shut down amid investigation over alleged safety concerns
- National CCTV trial in childcare centres expected as ministers meet
- ‘It’s scary’: Childcare abuse cases panic Australian parents
- Documents reveal childcare workers without knowledge or training to keep children safe
- Inspire Early Learning bans male workers from changing nappies at their centres
- Parents are feeling anxious about men in childcare centres. Stronger rules would make everyone feel safer
- Education department investigates children’s escape from Bathurst childcare centre
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Child Sexual Abuse
- Childcare Abuse Case: Ashley Paul Griffith Fails in Bid to Reduce Sentence
- Townsville Educators Convicted in Series of Sex Crime Cases Spark Safeguarding Concerns
- Former Newington College Teacher Granted Bail Over Child Grooming Charges
- Protective Service Officer Charged Over Child Sexual Abuse Offences
- NSW Police Dismantle Encrypted Child Exploitation Network in Major Cyber Operation
- Melbourne Teacher Charged After Hidden Camera Found in Primary School Bathroom
- Horror Twist: Hundreds of Child Abuse Files Found on Devices of Cop Killer Dezi Freeman
- Sydney Childcare Worker Faces 129 New Charges Over Alleged Child Abuse Material Offences
- Former Queensland Police Detective Jailed for Child Sex Offences Committed While Serving as Judo Coach
- 72-Year-Old West Australian Man Charged Over Attempt to Procure Children Abroad in Sex Abuse Scheme
- Queensland Man Jaiden Fidge and NSW Associate Riley Smith Plead Guilty to Sexual Offences Against Child
- Australia Child Abuse Case: Man With Child-Like Doll, Tesla Camera Recordings and Kidnapping Plot Uncovered in Perth
- Former Judge Accused of Child Abuse Material Allowed Luxury Overseas Trip While Facing Charges at Fair Work Commission
- Dark Web Operator Jailed for Recruiting and Exploiting Children, Spotlighting Online Safeguarding Failures
- Visa Under Review as International Student Filming Women in Toilets Faces Deportation
- Perth Students Suspended After Disturbing Video Shows Relief Teacher Harassed
- “Attorney-General Demands Indefinite Detention for Elderly Pedophile Over ‘Vile, Horrific’ Crimes”
- Ex-Department Employee Faces Eight More Child Sex Charges in Growing Abuse Case
- Manning Man Jailed After Shocking Prison Pen Pal Scheme With Child Sex Offenders and Killers Worldwide
- Hundreds of Children Sexually Abused in Case Linking to 596 Charges
- Australian Man Charged with Hundreds of Child Sexual Abuse Offences
- Four Men Accused in Sydney as Police Expose Alleged Global “Satanic” Child Abuse Network
- Paedophile handbook targets Aussie daycares
- Tiny clue exposes vile predator as Adelaide man Samuel Frost jailed for 19 years
- New ACT law expands liability of institutions for the crimes of paedophiles
- Western Australian woman sentenced to decade behind bars for child abuse offences
- Australia’s childcare industry infiltrated by thousands of paedophiles: ‘We need to wake up’
- They’re evil but no masterminds – how to spot a pedophile
- My investigation into the childcare industry
- Child sex doll heads sold as model mannequins to harness loophole
- Tasmanian man who paid teenage girls for sex, Bradley Graham Paul Cate, jailed
- Paedophiles exploiting Australia’s broken childcare system as safeguards crumble
- Friends’ School staffer charged with accessing child abuse online
- Armed with Snapchat and a photo, detectives set about identifying a sexual predator
- Magistrate rejects bid by accused rapist Michael Wilson to limit media coverage
- Police investigating reports of explicit deepfake images of girls from Sydney school
- Huge update after childcare worker accused of raping a four-year-old girl was allowed to leave Australia
- Female teacher at Victorian secondary school admits to intimate relationship and smoking marijuana with 15-year-old girl, charged with sexual assault
- Sydney out-of-school-hours care worker David James charged with child abuse offences
- More Melbourne childcare centres added to where accused abuser Joshua Brown worked
- Police charge second man with child sex abuse offences following Joshua Brown allegations
- Childcare worker charged with more than 70 child sex offences in Melbourne
- School bus driver, 65, charged in NSW Mid North Coast over allegedly possessing child abuse material
- Disturbing details emerge in alleged gang rape of Sydney teenager as accused have their bail denied
- Gregory John Couch, doctor accused of possessing over 5000 child abuse files, no longer employed at hospital
- Lake Macquarie teacher accused of sexually abusing 15yo boy to stand trial
- Man allegedly pretended to be 17 to lure and sexually assault 14-year-old girl
- Police chief inspector-turned paramedic allegedly busted sending himself child abuse material over encrypted apps
- ‘North Shore Rapist’ charged with assaulting teenage girl in Sydney pharmacy
- ‘I’m just so ashamed’: Queensland man accused of attempted child rape
- Queensland man charged with rape, supplying drugs to minors
- Woman who gave 13-year-old boy meth spared jail over ‘disgusting’ sexual abuse
- Former Scout and police officer faces trial for alleged historic child sex offences against two girls
- Man charged after teen girl allegedly sexually assaulted and robbed at knifepoint in Sydney
- Langwarrin Park Primary School principal charged with possessing child abuse material
- Teenage victim groomed by employer at Canberra business tells court no amount of prison time can bring her innocence back
- Image released after alleged sex act in front of girls on train
- Teacher’s aide allegedly engaged in child prostitution, filmed abuse
- Ex-priest accused of trying to groom 14 year-old boy faces court
- Retired priest thought he was meeting boy for sex, police allege
- Canberra man extradited from Spain to face incest and rape charges against stepdaughter
- Sunshine Coast surf coach refused bail on fresh charges of indecent treatment of children
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Children in Conflict with the Law
- Police provide update after two teens charged with murder of 17-year-old boy in Rouse Hill, NSW
- How a 15yo autistic boy tinkering in his bedroom triggered WA’s biggest ever data breach
- Boy, 17, charged with murder after suspected ‘targeted’ stabbing attack near Gwydir Hwy in northern NSW
- Chinese exchange student charged with murder after fellow teen allegedly fatally stabbed in NSW’s Edgeworth
- Teenager charged after gang stabbing of 16-year-old boy at machete-wielding house party in Chifley, Sydney’s east
- Teen burglar who stabbed GP Ashley Gordon in Melbourne home invasion found guilty
- P-plater jailed for killing Nick Campo in high-speed crash on way to Perth nightclub
- Boy and girl, 15, arrested after allegedly attacking woman with machete at Melbourne petrol station
- Swedish teen, 15, charged in Sydney with organising contract killings online
- Teens charged after five hour crime spree across Melbourne overnight
- Teen accused of Vyleen White’s murder committed to stand trial in Childrens Court in Ipswich
- Third teenager charged over alleged break-and-enter sexual assault as bodycam footage released
- Teenage boy arrested after fake nude photos of students at Melbourne school shared online
- Boy, 17, charged over the death of Allan Smillie who was hit on mobility scooter in Kingston, south of Brisbane
- Vision captures teen being arrested inside Brisbane drain after police chase
- Five teenagers arrested after alleged carjacking and burglaries in Melbourne’s south-east
- Two teenagers charged over alleged crime spree that ended with AFL great’s luxury car smashed
- Former cage fighter confronts alleged armed teen criminal south of Brisbane
- Three teens bailed, two remanded after alleged carjacking, burglaries across Melbourne
- Boy, 15, arrested in Melbourne after being given more than 50 counts of bail
- Seven teenagers arrested after lengthy pursuit through Melbourne’s west, police say
- NSW Police charge 15-year-old boy with stabbing murder of pizza shop owner in Western Sydney
- Three people jailed for life over Palmerston driveway murder of teenager Kingsley Alley Jr
- Teenage boy charged with murder over Shellharbour train station death
- Motorcyclist killed identified as 14-year-olds front court over fatal crash
- Teen accused of slashing man’s skull with machete has ‘notoriety’ among other offenders
- Three teenagers arrested over alleged ‘buffer riding’ on Sydney trains
- Teen trio arrested after waving fake guns at public during attempted robbery
- Three teenagers arrested after police chase
- Police charge two teenage boys after alleged early morning stabbing in Canberra city centre
- Police charge 15yr boy over alleged machete attack and attempted robbery in St Kilda
- Teenage boy arrested after alleged stabbing at Ipswich shopping centre
- Eight teens arrested following sports store snatch and grab
- Teenager, 16, charged after allegedly damaging cars and assaulting police officer in Leppington
- Five teenage boys arrested over December machete attack in Melbourne
- Six teenagers who tried to flee scene after crashing allegedly stolen car stopped by witnesses
- Teen charged over alleged violent hotel break-ins in NSW town of Moree
- Three teenagers charged after highway pursuit ends in massive search operation on a quiet Sydney street
- Footage shows teenager and two men arrested after six-hour manhunt sends Gold Coast suburb into lockdown
- No release for Australia’s youngest ever convicted murderer pending psych reports
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Law and Policy
- UNICEF Raises Alarm as Teens Continue Using Social Media Despite Australia’s Under-16 Ban
- Social Media Platforms Remove 4.7 Million Child Accounts Following Australia’s Under-16 Ban
- How Social Media Platforms Must Hunt Down Underage Users from December 10
- Australia Introduces New Age Restrictions on Social Media for Children Under 16
- Children to be tried as adults in youth justice overhaul
- Queensland passes Daniel’s Law to establish public child sex offender register
- Delivering Daniel’s Law to protect Queensland children
- New child protection laws pass South Australian parliament
- Prominent child protection advocate urges SA government to rethink proposed law reforms
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Missing Child
- Toddler missing in NSW town found safe and well
- Police suspend search for missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop
- Police appeal for information about missing Bundaberg teen Pheobe Bishop
- Missing Gold Coast toddler found safe after amber alert
- Seven-month-old missing from Illawarra found safe and well
- Missing Queensland toddler found safe and well after amber alert
- Teenage girl, 16, found after missing from Mole River, on NSW and Queensland border
- Young boy found wandering Sydney streets reunited with parents
- Police appeal for information after young boy found wandering Sydney streets in just his underwear
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New Zealand
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Celebration of Children
- McDonald’s Pakuranga fire hero Harper Davis receives award
- Pupil judged best Korean language speechmaker
- A Christchurch teenager with an entrepreneurial spirit has started a pick-your-own-berries business – just in time for Christmas
- Mangakino School wins over $50k of school supplies from viral video
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- Child Custody
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Children in Conflict with the Law
- Teens arrested after overnight trip to Auckland
- Teens arrested after smashing Parakai store, fleeing on moped
- Sleep supplement melatonin prescribed to almost half of youth detainees in South Australia
- Number of youths kept in police cells 10 times higher than two years ago
- Five youths as young as 12 allegedly ram-raid Silverdale Mall on Auckland’s Hibiscus Coast
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Education
- Student hunger, bad teachers revealed in latest PISA tests showing dip in NZ teens’ scores.
- A classroom without walls: New Zealand’s nature schools emphasise mud over maths
- New Zealand Schools to Launch Crypto Education Curriculum in 2026
- Schools close in New Zealand after play sand recalled over asbestos fears
- Teachers shocked by government decision to remove Treaty of Waitangi requirement in schools
- Charter high school for Pasifika girls to open in Auckland next year
- Government announces new charter school for secondary students with autism
- Regional school terms could help attendance battle – Seymour
- Secondary school teacher industrial action starts
- Primary school teachers to strike for full day
- Two state schools poised to become charter schools
- Papanui High School brings back uniforms for seniors after decades without
- Students’ time to shine on PM’s visit
- “It’s hard to survive”: Heartbreak as east Auckland creche to close
- School pupils drawn to Discord’s helpful tech
- Principal “slimed” as school hits fundraising target
- New Zealand banned phones in schools 12 months ago. Here’s what happened
- Gisborne school to close after 60 years as student numbers dwindle
- What the Ministry of Education is being told about school lunches
- One country wants to close math achievement gaps by ending academic tracking
- Community rallies to ensure primary school students all get Christmas gifts
- Oranga Tamariki funding cuts: Triplets fight loss of school counsellor
- Community rallies after Ōtara classrooms ransacked
- School overwhelmed with gifts after error in Christmas order
- Charter schools: Bombay Hills school Tipene set to reopen in 2025 for Māori and Pacific boys
- Te reo Māori Teacher Training Cut by $30m to Fund Maths Resources
- AI use in NZ Schools: ‘I Just put in a Prompt and Spark Some Ideas’
- Students Using Artificial Intelligence to Cheat on Assessments, Teachers Warn
- Qualifications Authority Caps Number of Students Who Can Sit Online Test at Any One Time
- Low Pass Rates in New Online NCEA Literacy, Numeracy Tests Worry Secondary Teachers
- NCEA Test Pass Rates Much Lower in Schools From Poor Communities
- Government Extends Alternative to Tough Literacy and Numeracy Tests
- Education Body calls for Overhaul of Early learning Rules, ‘Ineffective’ Teacher to Child Ratios
- New NCEA Level 1 Standards Adding to Workload for Teachers and Students
- Government Told Free School Lunches have ‘Profound Impact on Wellbeing’ Before Funding Cuts
- Only Two Children Remain at Preschool in Wealthy Auckland Suburb
- What you Need to Know About the Draft English and Maths Curriculums
- Government’s new Maths and Literacy Curriculum Plans ‘Insane’, Principals Say
- ‘At Breaking Point’: Summit Seeks Solutions for Teacher Shortage
- Teens are Losing Interest in School, and Say They Hear About College ‘a Lot’
- Education Ministry Considers Increased Support for NCEA Tests
- Autonomous Mowers in School Fields of the Future
- Wellington Girls’ College Students to Learn From Home at Times During Next Six Weeks
- Ministry Apologises to High Schools Over Quake Risk Communication
- Education Lives Beyond the Bounds of Black and White
- Bilingualism Under Threat: Structured Literacy will Make it Harder for Children to Hold on to Their Mother Tongue
- Watch: Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet press conference
- Concerns Raised About New Teacher Maths Requirement
- Declining PhD Student Numbers are a Warning Sign for NZ’s Future Knowledge Economy
- Imagining a Better School System for New Zealand
- Ministry of Education Halts 100 School Building Projects
- Northland School Board Pleads Guilty to Charges After Fatal School Caving Trip in 2023
- Embedding First Nation knowledge and practices in primary/middle school mathematics and science
- The reasons behind our decision to enroll our children in public school
- Preserving His Right to Identity: Introducing Tieri to J.F Odunjo’s Alawiye (Parts 1-6)
- Family Finance
- Health Matters
- Missing Person
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Physical Abuse
- New Zealand woman gets life sentence for ‘suitcase murders’ of her children
- ‘It’s never too late to do the right thing’: Police appeal for truth, two years on from Baby Ru killing
- New Zealand woman convicted of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases
- NZ woman found guilty of killing her two children in ‘suitcase murders’
- Whangārei Oranga Tamariki caregivers’ child abuse trial closed to the public after complainant walks out
- NZ ‘suitcase murder’: Anti-depressants found in children’s bodies
- Child allegedly killed in east Auckland
- Hamilton family harm: Homicide investigation underway after child killed, others injured
- Rotorua child abuse case: Nia Glassie’s murderers, brothers Wiremu and Michael Curtis, up for parole
- Homicide investigation launched after man drives to Manukau Police Station with dead child in car
- Court told baby sustained injuries consistent with being ‘thrown into a wall’ as father denied bail
- Funeral date set for 5-year-old Miles Rotich after Avalon Park drowning
- Child who drowned at Lower Hutt’s Avalon Park named on Givealittle
- Research Pool
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Strong Room
- How do I know if my teen is entangled in ‘toxic masculinity’?
- New Zealand House Speaker Feeds Lawmaker’s Baby During Parliament Debate
- Parmar: Replacing parents won’t protect children
- Police mistake 11-year-old for missing woman, drug her, place her in psychiatric ward
- Almost 100,000 Kiwi kids in poverty
- Behaviour Problems in Children Linked to maternal Stress, Screen Time -Study
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The S.A.F.E Schools Projects®️
- ‘Children Put at Risk’: Teacher Caught Drinking Wine on Duty Sparks Safeguarding Alarm
- Bullying Epidemic in ACT Public Schools: Reports Soar 55% in Four Years
- Mum wants charges laid after toddler slapped at Melbourne childcare centre
- Alice Springs school principal found guilty of assaulting Indigenous student
- Two childcare workers charged over alleged toddler assaults at Doonside centre in Sydney’s west
- Sarah Kopp’s teacher Paul Grealy groomed her at 15. As an adult, she held him to account
- Sexual predator taught in Brisbane schools for nine years after parents’ complaints
- Justice After Silence: The Documentary Unveiling Malka Leifer’s Crimes
- Weather Report
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Parenting
- How to teach your children the difference between needs and wants
- My identical twins are very competitive. Their relationship got complicated when one started outperforming the other
- Twin Mom Reveals Most ‘Heartbreaking Things’ as a Parent to Multiples
- I’ve shared custody of my twins for 15 years. Now they’re adults, and the rules have completely changed.
- I just quit my corporate job and went freelance. I realized I’d spent the first 6 years of my daughter’s life not being present enough.
- My husband and I both work 4-day workweeks. We’d rather have less money and more family time
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Research Alert
- Migrant Mothers are Giving Birth to More Sons Than Daughters
- Scientists have studied remote work for four years and reached a clear conclusion: Working from home makes us happier
- Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us happier.”
- ‘Neuromyths’ Distort Our Concept of The Human Brain, Study Finds
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Sports
- Teenage sensation Luke Littler headlines Auckland Darts Masters
- Gout Gout sent apology as upset 17-year-old sprinting star responds to Usain Bolt comments
- School Sport NZ weighing up blanket ‘year 14’ ban for high school sport
- Gout Gout: Who are the parents of the 17-year-old who broke Usain Bolt’s 200m record
- Fifteen-year-old Caoimhe Bray stars for Australia at the women’s U19 T20 World Cup
- Aussie teen wildcard Emerson Jones is already causing upsets
- Australian Open contender Mirra Andreeva inspired by Steffi Graf and Martina Hingis
- Football Victoria allows regional female teams into junior premier competition