A blue plaque to commemorate a Victorian child chimney sweep has been unveiled at the place of his death. George Brewster, 11 ...

It establishes a Fingerprint Bureau at the tail end of the Victorian era in 1901,” says Read. “Fingerprints are complex. … CID head Edward Henry develops a system for sorting them based on ...

According to officials, 148 children were freed from hazardous factory work and forced labour in homes and shops during 22 well-planned raids across the city. The district child protection unit ...

Almost all of the expected demand for workers will be in jobs that require post-secondary qualifications. The Victorian labour market will see high workforce growth in the next 10 years Around 392,000 ...

The strong labour market, with 3.7 million Victorians in employment, reflects more people participating in the workforce. The participation rate for people aged 15-24 remains higher than the Victorian ...

“This deep poverty is a scar on the nation made by the Conservative Party but the Labour government has so far just sat on its hands.” A government spokesperson said: “No child should be in poverty – ...

Labour’s new school reforms have been slammed by the children’s commissioner, as she believes they pose the risk of undoing the progress made by “successive governments over the last three ...

From just the January sample, Battin led Labor incumbent Jacinta Allan as preferred premier by 36–27 (30–29 to Pesutto in November). Victorian Labor’s unpopularity is hurting federal Labor ...

Bill and Hillary Clinton each [circa 1997] shown cradling infants in separate moments—symbolic of the far-reaching impact of their era’s child welfare policies, now under renewed scrutiny. The ASFA ...

Among other mandates, the Clinton-era order entailed consistent enforcement of all health and environmental statutes, along with improved research of the well-being of “minority and low-income ...

Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast ...

GREELEY — Greeley-based JBS USA Food Co. has reached a $4 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor over for child-labor violations. The Jan. 13, 2025, agreement requires JBS to hold its ...