Children

A leaked internal memo shows the board of the NT's main legal aid service voted down a proposal to exempt children accused of crimes from sweeping service cuts.

As the social media ban for kids under 16 approaches, popular messaging app Snapchat says young people will be able to verify their age by sending a selfie or their ID to a third-party platform, but sharing sensitive data carries risks.

This story is about something deeper than policy or profit. It's about the trust parents place in childcare every morning when they hand over their children, believing they will be safe — only to find they're not.

The head of Queensland's child safety inquiry says he "might need to subpoena" files from the department after hearing it was often "not" following its own legislation around preferred permanency options for children in care.

Regional and remote students are being encouraged to learn old-school ways to stay in contact as social media bans for those under 16 come into effect over the summer holidays. 

What happens to gender equality when the childcare system meant to support working parents becomes a source of fear?

From regional Queensland to state level, boys' netball is gaining momentum and reshaping the future of the sport.

An inquiry into the state's "broken" child protection system hears from staff who work at the child safety department.

Boarders living thousands of kilometres from home, already vulnerable to isolation, are coming to terms with the government's under-16 social media ban. 

Parents in the regional Victorian town of Bendigo celebrate after a planned 24-hour McDonald's development is knocked back by the council. 

One of the few childcare operators in Broken Hill has closed its doors indefinitely with 24 hours warning after entering voluntary administration.

Rates of child poverty in WA have doubled in a decade, but there is a severe lack of crisis accommodation, prompting experts to call on governments to do more.

After a career in one of Sydney's busiest department stores, a retail expert takes her tricks of the trade to a toy library in central west NSW. 

Despite thousands of cases of food poisoning, Indonesia's government intends to expand a controversial program giving schoolchildren free meals.

As smartphones swallow childhood, a growing movement of parents is reinstalling landlines, hoping an old-school corded phone can restore patience and connection.

Parents of children at a Sydney school where a five-year-old girl was fatally struck are demanding action to improve road safety after it emerged two more children were hit by cars nearby before the girl's death.

A new skincare line for children by actress-turned-entrepreneur Shay Mitchell creates an online uproar, with many questioning the need for the products.

With young people in Kununurra making news for the wrong reasons over the last month, a police patrol shows the stark reality for children on the streets. 

The Inspector of Detention Services suggests separation rooms at youth detention centres — which have sometimes been found to lack basic amenities — are inhumane.

Children and young people at Adelaide's only youth detention centre are being held to the floor in a restraint technique that "may constitute a breach of human rights and clinical best practice", according to a report tabled in parliament.