26 December 2023: We've failed these kids - almost 100 reports of child exploitation of kids in state care in six months (Herald Sun).
19 December 2023: Pandemic stress not over for asylum seekers and refugees (Mirage)
29 November 2023: How empowering kids can help protect them from abuse (360Info)
25 November 2023: 7 charts on family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia (The Conversation). Syndicated widely, e.g. , , , , ,
23 November 2023: Don't teach your kids about 'stranger danger' or 'tricky people'. Try these conversations instead. (Mamamia)
8 November 2023: Senator’s child abuse ‘surge’ claim misleads (AAP Fact Check)
22 October 2023: Abuse in a hospital ward: Victorian survivor fears for safety of children visiting patients (The Guardian)
20 October 2023: Urgency for national summit to address abuse (Cath News)
18 October 2023: Urgency for national summit to address abuse (Catholic Weekly)
13 October 2023: How to talk to children about the Hamas and Israel conflict (The Age)
27 September 2023: Inquiry Findings Urge Improved Safeguarding in Tasmania (Mirage News)
6 September 2023: NAPCAN experts call for National Summit to prevent child maltreatment
4 September 2023: NAPCAN Calls for a National Summit to Prevent Child Maltreatment (NAPCAN media release)
10 August 2023: Queensland man who says schools should reconsider the cane joins government’s youth justice group (The Guardian)
27 July 2023: Australia’s corporal punishment laws in breach of UN human rights, researchers find (ABC News Qld)
5 June 2023: Kids feeling at risk of sexual abuse turn mainly to mum (by Stephen Lunn, The Australian)
17 May: Corporal Punishment, (ABC Behind the News, produced by Joseph Baronio)
12 May: Tasmanian foster care to face dire shortage in five years as carers 'age out' (ABC Northern Tasmania)
8 May: Child maltreatment study reveals tragic statistics (The Catholic Leader)
7 May: Sixty-five countries have banned smacking children - why isn't Australia one of them? (The Guardian)
5 May: Uncovering a cycle of child abuse in Australia (ANU Policy Forum)
3 May 2023: Evidence-based paper calls for corporal punishment ban (Psych.org)
3 May: Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case for legislative reform (Channel 9)
3 May: Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case for legislative reform (Channel 9 twitter)
3 May: Smacking ban urged to protect children's mental health (Canberra Times)
3 May: Evidence-based paper calls for corporal punishment ban (糖心原创 News)
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3 May: It's time to ban corporal punishment of kids in Australia (Pursuit)
3 May: Smacking ban urged to protect children's mental health (PerthNow)
2 May: Emotional abuse is a pattern of hurtful messages - building parenting skills could help prevent it (The Conversation)
1 May: Why evidence-led consent education is essential (The Educator Australia)
16 April: Physical, sexual and emotional abuse, are more likely to be experienced together not individually (2BS 95.1 FM)
14 April: One in four Australian children have been sexually abused: research (The Wire)
11 April: Preventing child maltreatment: everyone's responsibility (MJA Insight)
9 April: Australian child neglect endemic: report (Catholic Weekly)
6 April: Child harms don't occur in isolation (Medical Republic)
5 April: Research finds multi-type abuse common for children (The Daily Advertiser)
4 April: Urgent need to combat' high levels of child sexual abuse (The Australian)
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3 April: Around 62 per cent of Australians report being abused and neglected in childhood, major study finds (ABC News online)
3 April: Australian child maltreatment study the shocking findings (MJA News Insight)
3 April: Major study reveals two-thirds of people who suffer childhood maltreatment suffer more than one kind (The Conversation, Evening Report)
3 April: Data sparks call to act to protect youngsters (Kalgoorlie Miner)
3 April: One in three children suffering (The Advocate)
3 April: 'Wake-up call' for all levels of government: landmark study to drive coordinated response to child abuse (The Mandarin)
3 April: Study finds nearly two-thirds of Australians abused, neglected, or exposed to domestic violence as children (ABC Radio National)
3 April: Shocking Study Reveals How Prevalent Childhood Abuse Is (10 News First)
3 April: Two-thirds of all Australians suffered childhood maltreatment, new 糖心原创 study shows (The Catholic Weekly)
3 April: Child maltreatment national study - the shocking findings released (Catholic Leader)
3 April: Around 62 per cent of Australians report being abused and neglected in childhood, major study finds (ABC News)
3 April: Two-thirds of abused children face more than one type of maltreatment (CathNews)
3 April: Child maltreatment is pervasive in Australia and exists in multiple forms: new research (The Sector)
12 March: One-third of childhood sexual abuse is perpetrated by another child. Shannon Molloy tells his story - and urges us not to look away (The Conversation)
8 March: A safer place for women and children to live (糖心原创 IMPACT)
27 February: You can't pour from an empty cup: Strengthening our service and systems responses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people who experience domestic and family violence (106.7 MHz FM Cairns)
27 February: Failure to protect Indigenous children from violence at home 'funnels' them into crime, Queensland report finds (The Guardian)
27 February: 'Healing' approach to Indigenous child protection needed: report (The Australian)
27 February: You can't pour from an empty cup: Strengthening our service and systems responses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people who experience domestic and family violence (Women's Agenda)
24 February: Young people's plea: 'believe us and act' (The Advocate, The Examiner)
24 February: Tasmanian government urged to hear from children as institutional child sexual abuse inquiry nears end (ABC News)
24 February: Tasmanian children say "Take notice, believe us and act" on institutional abuse (The Advocate)
24 February: 'I didn't feel safe': Tas child sexual abuse commission of inquiry releases special report (The Herald Sun, The Advertiser, Geelong Advertiser, The Toowoomba Chronicle, NT News, Cairns Post, The Courier-Mail, Gold Coast Bulletin, The Daily Telegraph, The Mercury, Townsville Bulletin)
24 February: Foster carers 'teased, bullied' children: report (Techinkers.com, PerthNow, Kyabram Free Press Southern Riverina News, The Riverine Herald, Cobram Courier, Deniliquin Pastoral Times, The Shepparton News, Benalla Ensign, The Campaspe News, MSN Australia)
24 February: Tasmanian government urged to hear from children as institutional child sexual abuse inquiry nears end (ABC Online)
24 February: Tasmanian children say "take notice, believe us and act"on institutional abuse (The Advocate)
6 February: Fr Hans Zollner in Australia (Cath News)
1 February: Mums and dads should have parenting skills independently assessed: response to family law system overhaul (Herald Sun online)
1 February: Paramedics could sound early warnings of child abuse or neglect - but they need support and more training (The Conversation; CC BY-ND 4.0: Foreign Affairs.co.nz, National Tribune, Public News Time, Modding MX, Ten Albury Wodonga)
1 February: Paramedics could sound early warnings of child abuse or neglect - but they need support and more training (2SM network, 2DU, 2HC)
1 February: Mums and dads should have parenting skills independently assessed (3AW, Ten Albury/ Wodonga, 107.9 Hit FM)
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