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'There is, of course, no Australian internet, so these standards will require changes by companies no matter where they are headquartered,' Inman Grant said.

Expert say public registration might be counter-rehabilitative and could increase the risk of reoffending.

The federal government will fund the initiative with the states and territories.

In June, the state agreed to a $75 million settlement with 129 former detainees of the Ashley Youth ...

More than 200,000 people were victimised in state and faith-based care over decades, as New Zealand becomes the ...

Reunification therapy is seen by its opponents as a form of brainwashing, while its supporters see it as ...

Children were regularly subjected to physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, a committee investigation found.

A Calgary man has been given a 14-year jail sentence for beating and killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter ...

'You can wear any mask you like, but the truth is out and everybody knows who you are, ...

Police have made more than 1,600 arrests and safeguarded almost 1,400 children in one year as a result ...

Some researchers and legal professionals are concerned over a united effort by feminist organizations in Canada to have ...

A 'growing and concerning trend' of offending, which includes serious sexual assaults such as rape, has been recorded ...

Officials accuse Michigan couples of using homeschooling to hide abuse. Meanwhile, public schools nationwide continue to lose students ...

Canberra and Washington have taken a joint step forward to combat child sexual exploitation, which has increasingly worsened due to digital ...

LANCASTER, Calif.—A father who was detained after deputies sent to a residence in Lancaster discovered four of his ...

POMONA, Calif.—A woman who pleaded no contest to murdering her boyfriend's teenage son was sentenced Oct. 20 to ...

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 34-year-old woman was convicted Oct. 11 of torturing and malnourishing her 10-year-old step-daughter and abusing ...

YouTube star Ruby Franke, a Utah mother known for her family-focused YouTube channel "8 Passengers" has been arrested on child ...

Tasmania's Child Sexual Abuse Commission has called for better safeguards to identify and deal with child sexual abuse ...

A Perth court has heard the details of a letter written by a West Australian politician who’s on ...

Commentary Children, as any parent knows, are not small adults. Their brains are growing and being acutely shaped ...

Commentary Children are every society’s future and are rightly considered precious. They are this generation’s successors. Their welfare ...

A stepfather has been jailed for life on Friday after fatally abusing his 10-month-old stepson Jacob Crouch in 2020. ...

Australian police have charged a 45-year-old man with 1623 child abuse offences against 91 girls. Australian Federal Police ...

A Tennessee man who has allegedly lived illegally in the United States for two decades was charged with ...

Allegations of abuse on children living in Victorian state care have skyrocketed as the state government awaits recommended changes to the troubled ...

The Social Welfare Department released the 2022 Child Protection Registry Statistical Report on July 7. It revealed that ...