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Global study focuses on emotional resilience to bullying

Global study focuses on emotional resilience to bullying

Education Politics & Economy

A transnational academic research project, which also involved a team of researchers from Flinders University has found that peer aggression,...

The ACT will increase criminal responsibility to age 14 in October

The ACT will increase criminal responsibility to age 14 in October

Social Justice

Yesterday, the Australian Capital Territory government has supported to raise the age of criminal responsibility from the age of 10...

Raise The Age discussed at Council of Attorneys – General

Raise The Age discussed at Council of Attorneys – General

Indigenous Social Justice The Law

State, Federal and Territory Attorneys General met today to discuss whether to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Australia...

News media literacy barriers deterring socially engaged school aged students

News media literacy barriers deterring socially engaged school aged students

Communications & Culture Education

New research findings from a survey published by Western Sydney University and Queensland University of Technology has identified how young...

Concerns Australia is sleepwalking towards a totalitarian state

Concerns Australia is sleepwalking towards a totalitarian state

Politics & Economy Social Justice The Law

Proposed new surveillance and questioning powers for ASIO have raised the concerns of the Australian Lawyers Alliance. Draft legislation tabled...

Effects of technology on children’s learning and behaviour

Effects of technology on children’s learning and behaviour

Communications & Culture Education Health Social Justice

As schools try to quickly adapt to on line delivery of education a new study rings some alarm bells for...

Standardised teaching failing Aboriginal kids in very remote schools

Standardised teaching failing Aboriginal kids in very remote schools

Education Indigenous

The Federal Government’s Flexible Literacy For Remote Primary Schools Program delivers a standardised direct instruction model of teaching that educators...

NSW domestic violence services see spike in cases

NSW domestic violence services see spike in cases

Social Justice

Domestic violence support services in New South Wales are seeing a spike in client numbers and an escalation in reports...

The power of connection to country told through a child’s eyes

The power of connection to country told through a child’s eyes

Communications & Culture Education Indigenous

Aboriginal children across the country attend mainstream education that doesn’t integrate their culture and language despite international research showing that...

Bushfires put children’s mental health & education at risk

Bushfires put children’s mental health & education at risk

Education

As emergency services brace for worsening fire conditions, there are calls for an increased focus on children’s welfare. Research shows...