Child safety
WA schools, parents revisit stranger danger lessons after young girl allegedly taken
A man allegedly took a young girl from outside her Perth primary school, sparking worry from parents and children and inspiring renewed conversations about stranger danger.
- by Holly Thompson
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Mental health
Maths, English, Mental Health – why schoolkids need a new subject
Mental wellbeing isn’t just something that develops over time. A child needs structure, support, learning opportunities and challenges to develop skills.
- by Dr Addie Wootten
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Parents need complete confidence in childcare screening checks
The case against a childcare worker has sparked calls for a review of child safety measures.
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Helicopter parents promote unsafe phone use in childcare, advocates warn
Advocates say parents’ need for updates throughout their child’s day has blurred the lines of appropriate technology use in centres.
- by Mary Ward
Man who allegedly snatched girl near Perth primary school appears in court
Police vehicles rushed to the scene to search for the missing child about 8.45am on Friday as her mother put desperate calls out to friends online.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt, Mia Egerton-Warburton and Holly Thompson
Opinion
Juvenile justice
Will the Cook government put an end to the brutalising of children and young people in the youth justice system?
This week’s decision in the Supreme Court should immediately trigger a rethink of how youth justice works in Western Australia and an end to the ‘law and order’ approach to the issue.
- by Greg Barns SC
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Banksia Hill
Solitary confinement of WA children at Banksia Hill illegal, Supreme Court rules
The court found the Department of Justice unlawfully locked three young people in their cells at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18 inside an adult prison.
- by Daile Cross
Review ordered for care system of Qld’s vulnerable kids
The residential care system housing Queensland’s most vulnerable children will undergo a review as the government responds to reports of abuse and neglect.
- by Nick Gibbs
Ukuleles and grooming accusations: Inside the YouTube scandal dividing the internet
Miranda Sings was one of the video sharing platform’s earliest and biggest stars. But now some former fans have accused her of wildly inappropriate behaviour.
- by Karl Quinn
ACCC to crack down on infant sleep products, unsafe toys
The national consumer watchdog’s crackdown comes after it said two infant deaths a year were associated with inclined sleep products.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
First Person
How I captured a monster’s confession and turned my pain into power
For almost a decade a man my family trusted sexually abused me. A child rapist and master manipulator, he fooled everyone. I hope one day it becomes easier for survivors to take down their abusers in Australian courts.
- by Zarisha Bradley