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Australia 'sorry' for child abuse

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologises to the hundreds of thousands of children abused or neglected in state care. Ref. Source 3

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Temper commission expectations says Gillard
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PHNOM PENH: The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, says her government will need to be careful to handle high expectations of the royal commission into child sexual abuse.


Source: The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines

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Boy 'starved and locked in closet'

A 14-year-old boy has told of being locked in a closet for months and starved, but was once let out to watch his siblings open their Christmas gifts. Ref. Source 9

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"I didn't think child abuse was a crime"

THE former deputy head of a Marist Brothers high school said that he had not considered child abuse a crime in the late 1980s. Ref. Source 4

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Cops shocked by "horrific abuse' of pre-schoolers

A GOVERNMENT employee has been charged with sexually abusing at least seven preschoolers at a government-run facility in a case police describe as "disgusting and horrific". Ref. Source 5

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Pedophile danger lurks in apps

QUEENSLAND children as young as seven are using a messaging service that police warn is dangerous as it exposes them to possible contact with sex predators. Ref. Source 8

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Childcare sites inspected "without warrant"

SUSPECT home-based childcare services could be hit by random compliance inspections without the need for officers to obtain search warrants. Ref. Source 6

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I support this. Whe you're doing 'something' at home standards tend to be laxed and something can go wrong even terribly wrong so having this in place will keep home care givers on alert that they need to be doing everything above standard.