Today’s media update leads with a contentious VCAT decision on working with children regarding an adult who, as a child, was placed on probation without conviction and ordered to undertake a sex offender treatment program. Sentencing, investing in the early years, and social media for at-risk youth also feature.
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VCAT decision on working with children
- Child-sex offender can work with kids, Herald Sun, 13 October 2011
- Read the VCAT decision, AUSTLII, 4 October 2011
Sentencing
- View of justice system ‘shaped by agendas’, The Age, 13 October 2011
Investing in early years
- Investing in childhood: The progress and the pitfalls, Inside Story, 25 August 2011
Social media and at-risk youth
- Using Facebook and other social media to reach troubled kids, ABC News Radio, 13 October 2011 (Audio)
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