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Daughter of acclaimed author Alice Munro alleges sexual abuse by stepfather

Daughter of acclaimed author Alice Munro alleges sexual abuse by stepfather

The Nobel Prize winner’s daughter says her mother stood by her husband when she was told of the abuse. The Canadian author died eight weeks ago.

  • by Elizabeth A. Harris

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Inside the AI ‘deepnude’ apps infiltrating Australian schools
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Inside the AI ‘deepnude’ apps infiltrating Australian schools

The websites are currently legal in Australia, but many do not have adequate controls preventing them from generating images of children.

  • by David Swan
Judge lashes Xavier College’s ‘troubling’ conduct in school abuse claim

Judge lashes Xavier College’s ‘troubling’ conduct in school abuse claim

The victim, a 69-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, successfully appealed an agreement struck in 2011 between him and the Society of Jesus in Australia.

  • by David Estcourt
‘We failed’: Victoria flags truth-telling process for child abuse victims

‘We failed’: Victoria flags truth-telling process for child abuse victims

Glen Fearnett hoped for change after he spoke out about being abused at a Melbourne school. Victim-survivors will now be given a platform to tell their stories.

  • by Bridie Smith and Rachel Eddie
Stepmother jailed for bashing six-year-old WA girl over the head with cricket ball stuffed in a sock
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Stepmother jailed for bashing six-year-old WA girl over the head with cricket ball stuffed in a sock

A Perth woman has been jailed for 18 months after violently beating her six-year-old stepdaughter, leaving horrific bruises.

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
Abuse victim sues parole board for letting paedophile priest access children
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Abuse victim sues parole board for letting paedophile priest access children

A man abused by notorious priest Michael Glennon has launched legal action believed to be the first attempt in Victoria to extend culpability for historical clerical abuse.

  • by Chip Le Grand
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Jess was put in state care at 15. It was so bad she ran away 137 times

Jess was put in state care at 15. It was so bad she ran away 137 times

Jess felt lonely, isolated and full of anxiety in her time in residential care. But the state children’s commissioner says she was lucky; others are targeted by criminals and prostituted out.

  • by Christine Ahern and Laura Sparkes
‘Most evil crimes imaginable’: Childcare worker, partner jailed for decades
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‘Most evil crimes imaginable’: Childcare worker, partner jailed for decades

The NSW childcare worker and his partner abused dozens of children over several years and filmed the acts.

  • by Clare Sibthorpe
‘Like a dog in a cage’: Desperate lives of kids in emergency care revealed
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‘Like a dog in a cage’: Desperate lives of kids in emergency care revealed

Children as young as 12 reported allegations of sexual assault, drug use and abandonment in motel rooms without close supervision.

  • by Michael McGowan
Catholic college ordered to remove paedophile priest from honour roll

Catholic college ordered to remove paedophile priest from honour roll

Despite apologising and paying more than $1 million to a victim of clerical abuse, Salesian College continued to eulogise a disgraced priest for years.

  • by Cameron Houston
‘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.

  • by Erin Pearson