Social Justice
A report on child abuse released this week has recommended the appointment of an independent Commission for Children and a...
The recent death of seven-year-old from New South Wales, Shellay Ward, has sparked concern about the role of the New...
We heard earlier in the bulletin about the devastating problems affecting some of Australia’s most vulnerable kids, but there’s some...
Margaret Young, National President of Early Childhood Australia responds to claims that funding spent on child care isn’t justified. She...
While Rudd has pledged to increase the government subsidy for child care from 30% to 50%, neither party has promised...
Education
Blind children are being failed by both State and Federal education systems. This is according to Quantum Technology, a company...
A guidebook released by the Child Support Agency is reaching out to teenagers affected by family separation.
Theresa Scott believes child abuse is Australia’s most serious social problem. The President of the National Association for the Prevention...
It’s estimated 20,000 children were kidnapped by Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army over the past 20 years. But after the army...
Health
As many as 20 per cent of children show symptoms of ADHD and recent research has found that drugs like...
