‘The system needs to catch up’:Push to abolish suspended sentences for child sex offenders
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‘The system needs to catch up’:Push to abolish suspended sentences for child sex offenders

Survivor and campaigner Stewart Carter – who watched the man who abused him walk free from court – is calling on the state government to back the state opposition’s bill.

  • byErin Pearson

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This gripping Australian exposé should come with a horror warning on the cover

This gripping Australian exposé should come with a horror warning on the cover

Anne Manne reveals the depravity and cruelty within the Newcastle Anglican diocese.

  • byBarney Zwartz
Pope seeks immunity in Australian court over notorious paedophile priest
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Pope seeks immunity in Australian court over notorious paedophile priest

A lawsuit involving Aboriginal victims of a jailed priest could have international implications for the Vatican as they seek to protect the pontiff from being drawn into a civil damages claim.

  • byChip Le Grand
Louise Milligan’s pivot from investigative journalist to fiction writer

Louise Milligan’s pivot from investigative journalist to fiction writer

The investigative reporter pulls back the curtain on crime,the media and policing in her compelling first novel,Pheasants Nest.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Education Department failings ‘put many children at risk of sexual abuse’

Education Department failings ‘put many children at risk of sexual abuse’

A board of inquiry examining historical child sexual abuse at Beaumaris Primary School has called for a statewide truth-telling process for victim-survivors,describing the Education Department’s response to allegations as recent as 1994 as an “appalling and systemic failure”.

  • byRobyn Grace andAlex Crowe
Tim was silenced by his abusers at school,but first to be heard at the Beaumaris inquiry

Tim was silenced by his abusers at school,but first to be heard at the Beaumaris inquiry

How the abuse of students like Tim Courtney went unchecked at 24 state schools for years is the question at the centre of a special inquiry into allegations of historical sexual abuse that began on Monday.

  • bySherryn Groch
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‘Tremendous step’:National ad campaign to tackle child sexual abuse

‘Tremendous step’:National ad campaign to tackle child sexual abuse

Child safety advocates have praised the campaign as a powerful step in helping prevent sexual abuse.

  • byLisa Visentin
Albanese rejects Dutton’s call for royal commission on Indigenous child sex abuse

Albanese rejects Dutton’s call for royal commission on Indigenous child sex abuse

An alliance of Aboriginal medical services also dismissed what it described as “attempts to politicise the issue of child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities” while Liberal MP Bridget Archer crossed the floor.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Top private school dedicates memorial to abuse survivors

Top private school dedicates memorial to abuse survivors

The headmaster of St Joseph’s College in Hunters Hill offered a “heartfelt apology” by the memorial at the school gates.

  • byBen Cubby
Protocol trumps duty of care in school grooming scandal
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Child abuse

Protocol trumps duty of care in school grooming scandal

The continued employment of a female high school teacher prompts concern about how little the NSW Education Department appears to have learnt from the royal commission into child sexual abuse.

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The letter that helped seal the fate of dozens of children

The letter that helped seal the fate of dozens of children

An anonymous letter made disturbing claims about a prior and a brother at a New Zealand school. Their crimes were even more horrific.

  • byHarriet Alexander