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| UpdatedRoyal commissioners have rejected the NT Government's attempt to vacate the rest of December hearings, after it argued it did not have time to prepare.
Topics: child-abuse, youth, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, royal-commissions, nt, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedIndigenous staff at Darwin's Don Dale youth detention centre say their reputations had been unfairly tarnished by the actions of some colleagues but they remain determined to work with the young inmates.
Topics: child-abuse, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, youth, royal-commissions, nt, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA former Launceston pathology practice manager who sexually assaulted a child under the pretence he was carrying out medical examinations has been described as "predatory" and sentenced to four years' jail.
Topics: sexual-offences, child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedAn X-ray for a child, who was suspected of potential non-accidental injuries, was not examined for more than a month at Adelaide's Flinders Medical Centre, a whistleblower claims.
Topics: health, healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, child-abuse, community-and-society, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe mother of former Don Dale youth detainee Dylan Voller says her son is too scared to give evidence at the royal commission into youth detention in the Northern Territory for fear of retribution.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, states-and-territories, youth, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA Tasmanian boy who was abused by his father receive awards for their work in turning their experiences into projects to help others.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, human-interest, domestic-violence, child-abuse, community-and-society, tas
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| UpdatedA Perth man who admits killing his baby ignored repeated pleas from his wife to take the child to hospital after she fell off a change table, the Supreme Court hears.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, child-abuse, courts-and-trials, ellenbrook-6069, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA Melbourne rabbi has resigned from one of the most senior Jewish bodies in Australia in the wake of the child abuse royal commission.
Topics: child-abuse, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA year away from its final report, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse begins the process of re-examining some of the institutions it has scrutinised over the past three years, as victims express their need for justice.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, sexual-offences, community-and-society, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, australia, nsw
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| UpdatedTwo years after being branded "not safe for children" the YMCA NSW tells a Royal Commission it has improved protection measures but the associated costs are hurting the business.
Topics: child-care, child-abuse, royal-commissions, community-organisations
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A Canberra man convicted of sexually grooming his wife's goddaughter with explicit messages on Facebook is described as "predatory" and "disgraceful" by a judge.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The names and faces change but the problem seems to be the same — the system is not doing enough for Tasmania's most vulnerable children.
Topics: child-abuse, government-and-politics, tas
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| UpdatedA Canberra man accused of storing nearly 4,500 pornographic images and videos, mostly of girls between the ages of three and nine, claim hackers may have targeted him because he was a Donald Trump supporter.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, nicholls-2913, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Children allegedly abducted from a North Perth childcare centre and sexually abused may face further delays in receiving counselling, because incomplete medical reports are preventing them from giving evidence.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, highgate-6003, wa, north-perth-6006
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| UpdatedChild psychiatrist Aaron Voon's offences came to light after he was caught in Canada recording a young boy in a bathroom.
Topics: child-abuse, courts-and-trials, perth-6000
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The Tasmanian Greens want Safe Pathways' contract cancelled after more allegations surface about the neglect of Tasmanian children in its care.
Topics: child-abuse, community-and-society, children, welfare, tas
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| UpdatedFresh allegations are levelled against foster care provider Safe Pathways with former staff saying the provider failed to give adequate care to a 12-year-old girl.
Topics: child-abuse, community-and-society, children, family-and-children, welfare, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, tas
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A photographic portrait of artist Donald Friend is removed from Tweed Regional Gallery after community backlash about Friend's paedophilia.
Topics: visual-art, child-abuse, contemporary-art, murwillumbah-2484, tweed-heads-2485, broadbeach-4218
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Police will be given extra powers under proposed Queensland laws to demand phone and computer passwords from known sex offenders, in a bid to prevent child abuse.
Topics: laws, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, state-parliament, child-abuse, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedThe child sex abuse royal commission is urged to find Archbishop of Brisbane Phillip Aspinall did not fully understand an allegation of abuse at a Tasmanian youth group.
Topics: royal-commissions, anglicans, child-abuse, community-and-society, sexual-offences, tas, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedSouth Australia will spend $432 million on changes to its child welfare systems, in the wake of scathing findings by the Child Protection Systems Royal Commission.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, child-abuse, public-sector, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedDavid Cecchin, a member of paedophile Shannon McCoole's child exploitation website, is sentenced to seven years and five months in jail.
Topics: child-abuse, community-and-society, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, adelaide-5000, sa
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Parents of at-risk children in Queensland will face mandatory random drug testing under a new policy introduced by the Government, but the Opposition says the policy misses the mark.
Topics: child-care, child-abuse, state-parliament, drugs-and-substance-abuse, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedFormer Anglican priest Raymond Cheek is found guilty of sexually abusing five boys over a 30-year period in Western Australia's south.
Topics: child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, community-and-society, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedGreens senator Rachel Siewert urges the UK Government to contribute to Australia's compensation scheme for child sex abuse victims if allegations of mistreatments at NSW institution are true.
Topics: child-abuse, community-and-society, nsw, united-kingdom, australia