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.
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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.
Jail cut for killer driver ‘so unjust’
Samuel Davidson who was speeding, drunk and drug-affected when he killed four children walking on a Sydney footpath has had his prison sentence slashed.
Jail cut for driver who killed four kids
Samuel Davidson who was speeding, drunk and drug-affected when he killed four children walking on a Sydney footpath has had his prison sentence slashed.
Abuse survivor jailed for abusing kids
A man who has applied for child sexual abuse victim compensation has been jailed for a string of offences against his former partner's grandkids.
Mother’s cruel actions before baby’s death
A woman has been sentenced over the death of her five-month-old niece from head injuries after the baby was taken to hospital with numerous broken bones.
Qld women charged over child left on bus
Two women have been charged with grievous bodily harm over a child allegedly being left for six hours in a minibus outside a childcare centre in Queensland.
‘Cover-up’ in baby’s 2013 death: coroner
A coroner has found family members know what transpired the night a seven-month-old baby died in a northern Queensland home, although no one has been charged.
Qld woman charged with child cruelty
A woman previously convicted of child cruelty has been granted bail after being accused "deplorable conduct" including repeatedly hitting a girl with a spoon.
Dutton calls on Labor to fix terror laws
The Labor government must fix the law after a High Court decision overturned powers to strip dual-nationals of Australian citizenship, Peter Dutton says.