When does physical discipline of a child become unlawful abuse?

The question arose in the case of a father who had beaten his two eldest children with a cricket bat, but who argued he should still be allowed to see his six-year-old son…

Two sisters who sued the state of New South Wales for failing to protect them from their abusive stepfather have been awarded almost $1.5 million in damages after an eight-year battle for compensation…

A university student walked through the doors of a Sydney Centrelink office to make what he thought was a reasonable request. The 26-year-old, who was visiting from Lebanon on a student visa, told a government worker he wanted to become the guardian of a 12-year-old girl. The girl was his “wife”…

A MOTHER who sparked an international search after she absconded with her son to Europe has been found guilty of taking the child out of the country without permission…

A GRANDMOTHER has been banned from challenging for the custody of her two grandsons after a court heard details of her “bizarre” parenting style, that included threatening to have the boys’ father “bumped off” if she was left off a birthday invitation list…

Private investigators, secret tapes, the hacking of social media pages and the manipulation of children – nothing is above litigants in the highly charged atmosphere of divorce and custody proceedings in the Family Court…

THE parents of a boy who was allegedly bashed and sexually abused at school by an older girl are suing South Australian education authorities for failing to provide counselling…

FAMILIES would spend less time in court and more time in conferences under a new approach to child protection in NSW, Minister for Women Pru Goward says…

PARENTS are resorting to “incredulous” sex abuse claims against their ex-partners as custody wars turn increasingly ugly in Queensland. ..

DISABLED children are more than three times as likely as able-bodied children to be abused or neglected, a new report says…