Child Sexual Abuse

A Supreme Court judge sentenced the Darwin man to 21 years in jail, describing his conduct as "sadistic". The court heard the victim suffered from a language disorder and her father knew of her vulnerabilities and he ensured she was isolated at the time of the offending.

Muhammad Ali is sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of indecently touching a child at the centre where he worked.

The study shows of the more than a million women who've experienced child sexual abuse almost half suffered it between the ages of five and nine years of age.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics survey finds around 16 per cent of women have experienced some form of economic abuse. A leading women's advocate says it's a form of abuse that too often is flying under the radar.

Peter was in prison when he happened to catch an episode of Australian Story about Grace Tame. When he saw her abuser — Nicolaas Bester — pop up on the screen, he says he "froze".

As the girl's family watched on in court, her father was sentenced to a lengthy period in prison for "horrific" offences the judge says she has never seen before. WARNING: This story contains upsetting details.

A former couple charged with numerous child sexual abuse and exploitation offences against their two foster children face the Adelaide Magistrates Court.

A wildlife rescue volunteer called to a Tasmanian family home to assist with an injured bird went on to sexually assault several children, who since the abuse last year have "rejected contact and affection" from their mother, a court hears — with the man escaping a prison sentence.

The activist argues Tasmania's proposed legislation may lead to more trials, after Tasmanian Labor dropped its opposition to the bill.

A jury overseeing the trial of a Victorian man accused of 23 sexual offences against girls in New South Wales has been discharged on the first day of his trial.

In a series of letters read to a court, a prominent Tasmanian art dealer details how a convicted paedophile was continuing to negotiate the sale of his colonial art collection while in jail to divest his assets.

Tasmania could become the first state to introduce minimum sentences for child sex offenders as Labor flips its position, but the controversial legislation has drawn the ire of legal groups and victim-survivor Grace Tame.

The Western Bulldogs sexual abuse scandal could widen, after survivor Adam Kneale was awarded the highest compensation payout in history.

Adam Kneale will receive from the Western Bulldogs what lawyers are describing as the largest jury payout awarded to a sexual abuse survivor.

One of Brisbane's most exclusive girls' private schools is facing legal action from a former student alleging she was sexually abused by a former staff member in the 1980s.

A trial is underway in the South Australian District Court for a former husband and wife who allegedly had sex with their underage employee who worked at their family-owned bakery in regional SA in the 80s.

The former head of one of Perth's largest hospitals, Kempton Cowan, is sent to prison for five months for online child sex offences.

The Catholic primary school in WA's north has become the target of a historical abuse investigation, with allegations two clergymen assaulted a student at the school more than 30 years ago.

Harrison and Jarad are turning their painful pasts into a legislative change campaign to remove the provision for character references when sentencing convicted paedophiles in the ACT.

The term "landmark case" gets bandied around a lot, but the importance of GLJ v The Trustees of the Diocese of Lismore to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse cannot be overstated, writes Louise Milligan.

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff categorically declares people in charge of regulatory and oversight bodies were not subject to misconduct allegations by the state's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry. He was responding to a statement made by Independent upper house MP Meg Webb under parliamentary privilege on Tuesday.

Tasmanians had hoped the sexual abuse commission of inquiry would help clean up the culture inside state government institutions and departments, and help to stop child sexual abuse from occurring. Instead, there is a mess — and a lot of questions to be answered, writes Adam Langenberg.

Former Western Bulldogs president Peter Gordon says he had no knowledge about a paedophile who infiltrated the club, despite police interviewing staff members and a front-page newspaper story about the man's horrific offending.

A Perth court hears new details in the case of the former chief executive of Joondalup Health Campus after he pleaded guilty to charges relating to accessing and soliciting child abuse material online.

Samuel Joe Frost, 46, was arrested in March after a five-year manhunt by the Australian Federal Police and the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol).