Child Abuse
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Ghislaine Maxwell trained underage girls as sex slaves, documents allege
Ghislaine Maxwell sexually abused underage girls and joined Jeffrey Epstein in directing Virginia Roberts Giuffre to be sexually abused by…
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So-called ‘honour killing’ sparks outrage in Iran, President orders new bill to protect women
Fourteen-year-old Romina Ashrafi fled from her home in the town of Talesh with a 29-year-old man after her father objected…
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The kids who will never return to school after COVID-19
Some are at the mercy of addicted, violent adults. Jordan Baker The Age Some go without the food they’d normally…
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High Court takes the high road on question of passion or precedent
His supporters say he was targeted because he was a high profile Catholic while his detractors believe his perceived power…
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‘I’m so sorry I couldn’t protect you’: Hannah Clarke and her children laid to rest
Her three children – Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey – were all different in their own ways, they were told, but…
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The difficult journey home
She keeps watch on the doorway, watching, hoping and watching again. Sally Sara Foreign Correspondent In the next few minutes,…
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Inquiry announced into ‘very high’ number of Victorian children going missing from state care
It follows an ABC report which revealed more than 600 children are reported missing from the state’s care each year,…
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Juries will soon learn more about people accused of child sex crimes. Will it lead to fairer trials?
The governments of Victoria, Tasmania, the ACT, the NT and the Commonwealth are likely to introduce similar legislation. Marilyn McMahon…
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Grooming: what parents should know and what schools should do if they suspect it
Several current and former staff, students and parents told Four Corners St Kevin’s College had a history of failing to…
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Parents in the dark as child predators evolve, online exploitation soars
Investigators are finding sex offenders infiltrating new spaces such as online gaming to trade messages with children under the guise…
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‘Devastating and enraging’: vulnerable children abandoned by state take their own lives
They were abused, terrorised, neglected – and ultimately failed by the state. Charlotte Grieve The Age A harrowing report by…
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500 shackled children freed from third Islamic boarding school in north Nigeria
Officers leading a raid on the Mal Niga school in the city of Katsina late on Wednesday found more than…
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Revealed: How paedophile priests in Victoria worked together to share victims
Some of the Catholic church’s worst paedophile priests shared victims, passed on details of vulnerable children considered easy targets and…
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Laws forcing priests to report child abuse passed in Victorian parliament
The state’s Parliament passed laws on Tuesday carrying sentences of up to three years for failing to report, but Premier…
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The significance of George Pell’s appeal decision
It sent a crucial message to sexual abuse survivors that their past experiences matter, and that their accounts will be…
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Catholic Church not ‘above the secular law’
The Blue Knot Foundation, which offers trauma and resilience support to the millions of Australians with lived experience of abuse,…
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