THE number of children subjected to substantiated child abuse and neglect rose by 6300 in 2011-12, a new report shows.

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08th March 2013 6:03 PM

INDIGENOUS health is improving, but it still has a long way to go, a report from the Australian Institute of Health and...

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01st March 2013 2:03 PM

THE number of dentists working in remote areas of the country has risen by nearly 49% in the past six years.

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25th Jan. 2013 6:01 AM

ROCKHAMPTON’S leading magistrate, Annette Hennessy, says the more support and compassion provided to young offenders, the...

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21st Dec. 2012 1:12 PM

YOUNG indigenous people are 31 times more likely to be in juvenile detention, a new report has revealed.

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20th Dec. 2012 3:12 PM

ALMOST 230,000 Australians spent at least one night in a homeless shelter in 2011–12, new data from the Australian...

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19th Dec. 2012 5:12 AM

ALMOST 230,000 Australians spent at least one night in a homeless shelter in 2011-12, new data from the Australian...

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18th Dec. 2012 6:12 PM

CHANGES to adoption laws and shifting social trends have led to a sharp reduction in the number of children being adopted...

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14th Dec. 2012 2:12 PM

A REPORT released on Tuesday showed five-year survival from all cancers combined increased from 47% in 1982-1987 to 66% in...

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12th Dec. 2012 10:12 AM