Australia's biggest sexual harassment claim has been settled out of court for A$850,000.

A former Child, Youth and Family caregiver is accused of sexual abuse of girls spanning 23 years in a two-week trial starting today.

Secondary school sex education lessons have certainly undergone a change over the years.

The Parole Board believes former Christian Heritage Party Leader Graham Capill is still a risk to the community.

There was less crime and more of it was solved in the year ended June 30, police say.

Manly fullback Brett Stewart said he was "very grateful" to the jury who today found him not guilty of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl.

Mayor Meng Foon says it was a mistake to write a letter supporting a man who raped a woman then got takeaways before raping her again.

Outspoken Andy Haden has reignited the Robin Brooke sex scandal by saying booze-fuelled young women target All Blacks.