Today’s media update leads with planned VEOHRC research on children with a disability entering State care. Mentoring, new child drinking laws, and abuse while in care are also featured.
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New research on children with a disability in State care
- New research to look at children with a disability entering State care, Australian Policy Online, 4 October 2011
Child drinking
- Law puts brake on child drinking, The Age, 5 October 2011
Mentoring that works
- Teen’s new lease on life, Sunday Herald Sun, 2 October 2011
Abuse while in State care
- Loophole clears wife who hid husband’s abuse, ninemsn, 5 October 2011
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