Child abuse
‘Horrifying’: Alarm over NSW’s child protection failures
A scathing report by the NSW Ombudsman has raised a raft of concerns about children in care.
- by Amber Schultz
Latest
Daughter of acclaimed author Alice Munro alleges sexual abuse by stepfather
The Nobel Prize winner’s daughter says her mother stood by her husband when she was told of the abuse. The Canadian author died eight weeks ago.
- by Elizabeth A. Harris
Investigation
For subscribers
Inside the AI ‘deepnude’ apps infiltrating Australian schools
The websites are currently legal in Australia, but many do not have adequate controls preventing them from generating images of children.
- by David Swan
Judge lashes Xavier College’s ‘troubling’ conduct in school abuse claim
The victim, a 69-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, successfully appealed an agreement struck in 2011 between him and the Society of Jesus in Australia.
- by David Estcourt
‘We failed’: Victoria flags truth-telling process for child abuse victims
Glen Fearnett hoped for change after he spoke out about being abused at a Melbourne school. Victim-survivors will now be given a platform to tell their stories.
- by Bridie Smith and Rachel Eddie
Exclusive
Courts
Stepmother jailed for bashing six-year-old WA girl over the head with cricket ball stuffed in a sock
A Perth woman has been jailed for 18 months after violently beating her six-year-old stepdaughter, leaving horrific bruises.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Exclusive
Crime
Abuse victim sues parole board for letting paedophile priest access children
A man abused by notorious priest Michael Glennon has launched legal action believed to be the first attempt in Victoria to extend culpability for historical clerical abuse.
- by Chip Le Grand
Jess was put in state care at 15. It was so bad she ran away 137 times
Jess felt lonely, isolated and full of anxiety in her time in residential care. But the state children’s commissioner says she was lucky; others are targeted by criminals and prostituted out.
- by Christine Ahern and Laura Sparkes
Graphic content
Courts
‘Most evil crimes imaginable’: Childcare worker, partner jailed for decades
The NSW childcare worker and his partner abused dozens of children over several years and filmed the acts.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Exclusive
Child safety
‘Like a dog in a cage’: Desperate lives of kids in emergency care revealed
Children as young as 12 reported allegations of sexual assault, drug use and abandonment in motel rooms without close supervision.
- by Michael McGowan
Exclusive
For subscribers
Catholic college ordered to remove paedophile priest from honour roll
Despite apologising and paying more than $1 million to a victim of clerical abuse, Salesian College continued to eulogise a disgraced priest for years.
- by Cameron Houston