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When Matthew Mapley questioned why the bank had paid his builder for unfinished works, it said it had his written authority — except he hadn't signed it.

The New South Wales government put Tayla in the residential care system, where the girl with high needs and multiple diagnoses was pulled into a cycle of sexual abuse.

A 13-year-old boy was left languishing in a homeless shelter for months because of Tasmanian child protection department's "gross negligence", a family member says.

Oliver arrived at Elaine's on the eve of his 7th birthday, with a black bin bag in tow. With no training to be a foster carer, she quit after three weeks.

The national children's commissioner wants a cabinet minister for children and is calling on governments to "act on evidence" from child protection reports. This comes after the ABC exposed that children were being sexually exploited in the $2 billion residential care system.

An ABC investigation into the $2 billion residential care system finds children in three of the biggest states are being preyed upon by child sex abusers when they should be safe in state care.

Calls for greater regulation as people running 'wellness centres out of their living room'

There are renewed calls from local councillors and state MPs for Working with Vulnerable People cards to be made mandatory for elected officials.

The ABC speaks to those who took alternative and complementary medicines after a cancer diagnosis and asks how they navigated their beliefs.

About 70,000 people live in Australia unlawfully. To avoid getting caught, Shan had to go underground — a path he warns no-one should walk.

Despite working since her 16th birthday, Elaine retired with just $45,000 in superannuation. Research shows superannuation is the biggest driver of wealth inequality in Australia – and women have much less of it than men.

Parents with violent children can face a heartbreaking decision: give them up or continue to live in danger. Experts say more needs to be done to help families facing complex situations.

Lenah arrived at a local park, expecting to meet with a child protection worker she thought would help find her family accommodation, but instead she found police and departmental officials lining the street.

The care of Tasmanian kids taken from their parents by child protection authorities should be outsourced, an inquiry finds, but some experts are worried.

Child sexual abuse at Tasmania's only youth detention facility "remains a live and current risk" and not a historical problem, a two-year inquiry finds. The state premier says he would close it now if he could but there are no other options for housing child inmates. 

Erika Vlasic received two reports about a home she wanted to buy. She said one came back with "no big issues", and the other found the property was suited to "demolition".

Home owner Katy says she's been struggling to meet her loan demands, and fears losing her home. What are the steps between missing a payment and losing your property?

Four-year-old Noah was born with profound deafness and has no verbal language. Since entering state care two years ago, he has no longer been able to access his NDIS funding, his grandmother says.

It was for the saddest of reasons Terrence Lennon Wingfield skipped school a lot — the young Aboriginal boy was being relentlessly picked on for his disability. When his mother died, he tapped out completely.