Removing a child from their home for their own protection should be an absolute last resort. Before we remove a child, we should be sure that we can offer them a safer, more nurturing alternative – ...

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 ...

[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 ...

Statutory guidance on safeguarding updated to reflect government policy that child protection conferences should be chaired by members of multi-agency child protection teams responsible for section 47 ...

The national peak body for Aboriginal children has likened the Northern Territory’s proposed child protection reforms to “watching a horror movie play out”, while the Chief Minister stands firm ...

NT Child Protection Minister Robyn Cahill has revealed three department staffers were stood down following an investigation into the circumstances of Kumanjayi Little Baby. The ABC understands that ...

NT Child Protection Minister Robyn Cahill will announce the scope of a review into the NT's child protection system on Monday, following the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby. The review will be ...