Tasmania's police commissioner and deputy commissioner divulged the full name of a child sexual abuse whistleblower, despite her full identity being the subject of a non-publication order.
School teacher accused of sexually abusing teenage student at Sydney school
Tayla Brailey was arrested at a school in Sydney's south-west by detectives investigating reports a 17-year-old boy had been touched by a female teacher.
Photo shows A woman in a white swimming costume with a sash and wearing a visorVictim-survivors say it should be 'wiped from the face of the earth' but notorious sex abuse building still stands
It's sat empty for years, but the Katanning Residential College sits as a constant reminder of horrific abuse at the hands of one of WA's most notorious paedophiles.
Photo shows Dennis mckennaNormally shrouded in secrecy and sealed for 100 years, medical files have now exposed dark past of Wolston Park
Wolston Park closed in 2001, but it remains infamous for widespread allegations of sexual abuse, beatings, chemical restraint and “shock therapy” from the 1950s to 1980s.
Photo shows A woman with glasses looks past the camera with a neutral expression on her face.Former long-time BBC presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to making indecent images of children
Former British TV news presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to three counts of making indecent pictures of children.
Photo shows A man wearing a suit and sunglasses walks between two police officers.Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards charged with making indecent images of children
London's Metropolitan Police say Huw Edwards, who was once one of the BBC's biggest stars, has been charged with three counts of making indecent pictures of children and will face court later this week.
Photo shows BBC newsreader Huw Edwards speaks in suit.NZ clerical abuse survivors connect with 98yo Australian woman to thank her for her fight for justice
Andrew Nash died in 1974. His mother Audrey has spent 50 years fighting for justice and acknowledgement of his clerical abuse. Now clerical abuse survivors in New Zealand have met her to say thank you.
Photo shows Man and woman sit at table.'Dark and sorrowful day': New Zealand PM promises reform after inquiry finds over 200,000 abused in care
The report called for the government to set up a Care Safe Agency responsible for overseeing the industry, as well as a review of compensation offered to survivors.
Photo shows Christopher Luxon stands behind a podium, with a New Zealand flag and another man behind him.Toddler 'flogged' with bamboo stick for not going to the toilet, murder trial hears
Two-year-old Kaydence Mills' mother Sinitta Dawita and her partner Tane Desatge are standing trial over the toddler's alleged murder.
Photo shows A court drawing of a man on the left and a woman on the rightCanberra man who collected 280,000 pieces of child abuse material jailed for nine years
A 66-year-old Canberra man who pleaded guilty to storing, collecting and distributing child abuse material is sentenced to nine years in prison in the ACT Supreme Court.
Photo shows The ACT Supreme Court towards dusk.'Bewildered': Trio made shocking allegations against parents years before deadly ambush
Background Briefing can reveal that Australia's first alleged Christian terrorists forged their fateful bond years ago following an explosive family rift.
Photo shows Stacey and Nathaniel Train on their wedding day, with Nathaniel's brother Gareth.Canberra man collected and stored more than 280,000 pieces of child abuse material, court hears
Michael Stanley Cooper showed "a high level of depravity" by storing the material, a prosecutor in the case tells the ACT Supreme Court.
Photo shows The outside of a courthouse with letters on the facade that read "Law Courts of the Australian Capital Territory".IT worker who led 'double life' posing as teenage girls online jailed for soliciting child porn
Abhijeet Kulkarni will spend up to eight years behind bars after posing as young girls to solicit child pornography from several teenage victims across Australia.
Abused since age 3, it took more than 50 departmental reports and 10 years to remove Sally from that home
7.30 can reveal a huge surge in the number of child abuse matters filed against the state in the New South Wales Supreme Court.
Has Video Duration: 8 minutes 1 second.Data reveals nearly 50 people have been charged with sexual offences against children in state care
Government data has revealed nearly 50 people have been charged with sexual offences against children in state care in the past two years, prompting SA's child protection watchdog to call on the government to respond more quickly when it suspects a child is at risk of sexual abuse.
Photo shows A woman with glasses looking serious in front of a yellow wallAbused since age 3, it took more than 50 departmental reports and 10 years to remove Sally from that home
Over 13 years NSW authorities received 56 reports about the welfare of Sally. She wants her story to be heard so no other little girl suffers in the same way.
Photo shows Side portrait of woman with pink and purple hair, wearing a leopard print top.'Psychopathic' paedophile was given teaching job despite declaring abuse conviction on application
A "psychopathic" paedophile, who later boasted of sexually abusing 2,000 boys, was employed as a Victorian Education Department school teacher despite declaring in a 1970s job application form that he was a convicted child abuser.
Photo shows A man in a collared shirt smiles in a school photo. Students in uniform can be seen behind him.The psychology behind filicide — explaining the unexplainable
About 20 children are murdered by a parent every year in Australia. It's a crime that evokes equal measures of horror and confusion. At the crux of the issue is male-perpetrated violence.
Ribbons recognising child sexual abuse survivors cut from Ballarat cathedral fence
Loud Fence supporters felt they had achieved something "really special" by joining forces with the church to re-do the display, and say the vandalism is devastating.
Photo shows Cut ribbons on a fenceOne in three young Australians have suffered emotional abuse by parents
A landmark study has found childhood emotional abuse to be the most damaging kind of abuse or neglect.
Photo shows Emotional Abuse, Childhood Trauma: An old photo of a young boy with brown hair wearing a denim jacket.Has Video Duration: 2 minutes 16 seconds.Jet's mother was a sixties model who married rock royalty but her life met a tragic end
Jet James was eight when his mother died tragically. His journey back from childhood trauma led him in an unexpected direction.
Photo shows Angie King marries Eric Burdon