[In state’s child protection statute and/or where “abuse and neglect” and/or “best interests of the child” are defined, add] A parent has the fundamental right to direct the care and upbringing of the ...

New policies created to help protect the island’s children will soon be published online. Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said the National Child Safeguarding Policy was ...

Emotional parliamentary plea: Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price urged urgent child protection reform after her niece's alleged murder, criticising systemic silence and ideological barriers. System ...

An extensive ABC investigation has revealed confronting stories about children being sexually abused in state care, and other failings of Australia’s child protection systems. This might all seem ...

The crisis in child welfare in Australia has, for too long, resulted in too many children taken into care, with many not receiving the timely assistance and care they and their families need.