Qld tour company fined after boys drown on school trip
A Queensland tour company has been fined $250,000 after two Japanese schoolboys drowned when their school group visited K'gari (Fraser Island).
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‘Reasonable’ doubts of guilt in Folbigg inquiry
The new inquiry into Kathleen Folbigg's convictions for killing her children has been told evidence would show a reasonable hypothesis inconsistent with guilt.
Concerns for children lead to vapes and tobacco seizure
An alleged illegal tobacco and e-cigarette operation has been disrupted in Queensland after investigations pointed to peak sales before and after school.
‘Delinquent’ mum slept as kids died in hot car
Queensland woman Kerri-Ann Conley has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her two young daughters by leaving them in a hot car for nine hours in 2019.
Inquiry over deaths of Folbigg’s four children resumes
Scientific evidence and Kathleen Folbigg's diaries will be examined in the next hearings of the second inquiry into her convictions for killing her children.
Parents face manslaughter charge over child’s death
A man and woman have each been charged with manslaughter following the death of their child more than six months ago.
Man jailed for ‘virtual carnal knowledge’
Michael James Mercer started having "virtual carnal knowledge" with a 15-year-old girl, exchanging more than 23,000 texts after a break-up, a court has heard.
‘Historic’ plans to combat child abuse and neglect
Two 10-year national action plans aim to reduce the number of children needing child protection services, improve responses to abuse and help close the gap.
Church member in court over child abuse
A 36-year-old Geelong man who is a member of the Geelong Revival Centre has faced court accused of child sexual abuse offences.
Torture charges, boy critically injured
Police have charged a man with grievous bodily harm and torture after three children were injured, one critically, southeast of Brisbane.
Qld man jailed for abuse of five-year-old
A 28-year-old Queensland man has been sentenced to five years in jail for a 12-month period of abuse that "broke the soul of an innocent child".
Man jailed for ‘repulsive’ child sex chats
A Queensland man has received a landmark sentence as the first to be convicted of encouraging sexual abuse of a child overseas under new minimum jail terms.
Houston grilled whether dad deserved jail
Hillsong founder Brian Houston has faced questions about whether he thought his father should have gone to jail for sexually abusing an underage boy.
Baby’s injuries ‘consistent’ with shaking
Queensland man Tiaan Burger has been committed to stand trial accused of murdering his four-month-old son, Finnick Hercules Burger, in January 2020.
Deaths of Qld children in care reviewed
More than half the children who died in Queensland's child protection system in 2021/22 did not die from natural causes, a new report says.
Australian children failing fitness tests
Four out of five Australian kids are not getting enough exercise, prompting calls for a national plan to encourage them to get off screens and be more active.
Upsurge in children being exploited online
Children and parents are being warned of a surging new trend in overseas criminals conning victims into online sexual exploitation and then blackmailing them.
COVID-19 cases soar amid fourth wave
COVID-19 cases are soaring across Australia as a fourth wave passes through and authorities begin urging people to mask up.
Folbigg’s DNA variant ‘exceptionally rare’
A rare genetic variant affecting the heart is the focus of a second inquiry into the conviction of Kathleen Folbigg, three years on from the first inquiry.
Folbigg gene a ‘bad variant’, inquiry told
The rare genetic variant affecting an essential building block of life was discovered nine years after Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her children.
Ex-Catholic brother faces child sex charge
A former Catholic brother accused of carnal knowledge of a child has been committed to stand trial after appearing in a Brisbane Magistrates Court hearing.
Tyrrell’s foster mum acquitted of lying
William Tyrrell's foster mother has been acquitted of lying to the NSW Crime Commission about hitting a different child with a wooden spoon.
NSW cop says foster mum knows where boy is
The former foster mother of missing boy William Tyrrell knows where he is, a detective has told a court examining accusations the woman lied to investigators.
Qld blue cards a ‘modern-day injustice’
A Queensland inquiry says the state should consider laws to make it quicker to assess Indigenous people applying to work with children.
PNG man kissed girl in ‘cultural marriage’
A successful Papua New Guinea businessman believed he had consent under a cultural marriage when he kissed a 15-year-old girl, a Brisbane court has heard.
Child sex offender admits grooming teens
A "persistent" child sex offender had pictures of naked girls in sexual positions when he was searched by police while banned from contact with children.
Qld man jailed over child abuse material
A 30-year-old man will serve at least eight years behind bars after being convicted over child abuse material found on his phone and computer.
Protecting children from online abusers
Criminology experts say "sexting" by children is one of their biggest worries when it comes to fighting an increase in online child exploitation material.
Australia facing ‘tsunami’ of child abuse
Constable Tom Clayworth spends his days hunting child predators against the backdrop of a huge spike in online abuse in the last financial year.
Four children taken from Qld property
Four children aged three, four, seven and eight have been taken from a central Queensland property, with police looking for a man in a four wheel drive.
More First Nation kids placed in Qld care
The over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Queensland's child protection system continues to grow, new data shows.