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'Difficult job': Premier defends Washington over child safety review

A Hunter jobs announcement was the backdrop for a firm defence.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 9

Child protection services contacted before four-year-old’s alleged murder as police investigate cannibalism claim

Police charge woman with murder after boy’s body was found in a Central Coast home on Saturday

The Guardian - AU · Jul 6

Two-year-old sexually abused at family daycare by man living at the premises, mother claims

Alleged offender was partner of woman running the service, operating at a private home in NSW. The girl’s parents ‘had no idea’ he lived there

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2025

Agencies 'missed opportunities' before Hunter teenager's suicide

The 15-year-old died in May 2020.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 29, 2023

Real estate agent in 15-year battle to clear her name after fraud conviction

"She lost assets, she lost friends, she lost everything."

Newcastle Herald · Jun 2, 2023

Mother of abandoned newborn baby comes forward

The little girl was just hours old with her umbilical cord still attached when she found outside a property in Sydney's west.

AAP · May 19, 2023