10am Zedlines

This is Risa and Ha-Teya with your 10AM Zedlines.

A report revealing Queensland state school staff made 574 reports of suspected sexual abuse in 2015 has been released 16 months after being handed to the Queensland Government.

The report revealed across the state, schools are one of the places where youth sexual violence is most likely to occur.

The report explained in some of Queensland’s most disadvantaged locations, violence has become almost normalised.

High-rate areas for youth sexual offenders include Cairns, Townsville and Rockhampton.