Leanne fled Australia with her two children as she says it was the only way she knew how to protect herself from her violent husband.
The 19-year-old says unless something changes,many other young Queenslanders “are never going to figure out who they truly are”.
Children as young as 12 reported allegations of sexual assault,drug use and abandonment in motel rooms without close supervision.
New data shows an increasing number of reports of significant harm to children living in group homes funded by the government.
The alleged stabbing of a Sydney bishop by a teenager has reignited Australian alarm at the realities of online harm,reopening a debate about how to protect children.
A new specialist unit has reduced the number of at-risk children stranded in high-cost emergency accommodation such as hotels by 42 per cent.
The Sun-Herald has spoken to five anonymous foster carers who have accused the government of failing them and the children in their care.
WA Police want to speak to two teenage girls who intervened when three people approached a young child in a suspicious manner at Point Walter on Australia Day.
About 80 per cent of students complete year 12,but for some young people the odds are 25 per cent and they’re far more likely to be expelled.
The share of child protection cases with no active caseworkers has hit a five-year-high in Victoria.
Victorian foster carers receive the lowest base payment of any state in Australia,with the sector losing nearly twice as many carers as it recruits.