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Child protection

September 2026

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    More than a third of prenatal reports to NSW protective services not investigated, ombudsman finds

    Other families have been unlawfully compelled to be case-managed without consent, watchdog finds

August 2026

  • Silhouette of little girl holding adult's hand with sunset sky in background

    Foster carers in Victoria receive just $231 a week – one quarter the cost of caring for a child

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    Forty children reported missing from UK asylum hotels still not found

  • A middle-aged man with salt-and-pepper hair stands in front of a large hydrangea bush with white and green flowers

    I was abused as a child – and thought I had healed. Then I began drinking in lockdown

  • Colorful plastic connecting cubes on a table, with a preschool group and teachers blurred behind

    To protect babies from abuse, we need CCTV in nurseries

  • Parents of baby girl killed at nursery fear unsafe sleeping ‘rife’ in sector across England

  • Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves

  • The inability to deliver the changes Indigenous Australians need is no longer just a moral failure but a civilisational one

    Noel Pearson

July 2026

  • A person holding rosary beads.

    Christian Brothers abuse victims to get ‘full’ compensation in backdown after controversial property sales

  • Young child holding Aboriginal flag above her head

    Historic $350m NSW funding boost helps launch new Aboriginal family program to help children ‘tell their own stories’

  • Gaby Hinsliff

    Meta’s smartglasses mean any child can be covertly filmed. In the age of AI, how do we tackle that risk?

    Gaby Hinsliff
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    Kumanjayi Little Baby’s mother was not supported to protect her children while escaping domestic violence, review finds

  • Experts warn of rise in sadistic online exploitation of vulnerable children

  • Taxpayers could pay millions to abuse survivors if Christian Brothers goes bankrupt, court documents reveal

  • The Guardian view on Shabir Ahmed: changing the law to deport one man will not win back the public’s trust

  • Child abuser who preyed on orphans housed at Christian Brothers property

  • NT children’s commissioner resigns over child protection changes that remove Indigenous placement principle

  • UK abuse scandal ‘ignored because victims were working-class boys from north’, minister says

  • AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps

  • UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears

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