Rose Matafeo is a Burt Bacharach fan and partial to big hair but she's on the pulse of what's funny now, writes Jacqueline Smith.

A report on child witnesses in criminal courts has identified concerns about the systems aimed at protecting them.

Stressed children often talk to dead relatives and pets as a way of dealing with their problems.

George Thomson and Helen Wilson ask why the Government is lagging on smokefree car laws.

Today's children are worried about more than just their homework and peer pressure.

A 15-year-old ended her life after getting threatening messages from her lover's wife.

Blake Fowlie begged his parents for a trail bike for years. His parents gave in last Christmas, months before a fatal accident claimed his life.

Steven Joyce says raising the driving age to 16 is enough for now, but it's not cast in stone.

The driving age will be raised to 16 and restricted licence tests toughened, under new Govt measures.

Her critics wrote her off, but teenage round-the-world yachtswoman Jessica Watson was yesterday nosing along Australia's southwest coast.

A top international criminal profiler has thrown new light on the Kirsty Bentley murder case.

The grieving families of two teenage boys killed in separate crashes have spoken of their loss.