Peer workshops help teen out of ‘dark pit’
A teenager credits Youth Insearch workshops with turning her life around - but ongoing funding for the peer-led program is uncertain.
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Child safety probe ordered in north Qld
A whistleblower claims the Queensland government is putting children at risk of being physically and sexually abused by sending them back to unsafe homes.
Australian year 12 completion rates drop
Average year 12 completion rates dropped by more than 100,000 students and childcare costs rose, the productivity watchdog's latest report has found.
Drowning puts focus on lack of carers
A girl who drowned in a pool at her foster home about a week before her second birthday was one of six children in the care of a couple in their seventies.
Qld pair in court over murder of girl, 8
Two people have fronted court charged over the death of an eight-year-old girl who was found dead at a home in Queensland on the weekend.