After a remarkable success in flattening the COVID-19 curve, Australia’s States and Territories are now charting the course back towards school-based learning, write David Browning and Dr Christopher T. McCawThe shift to remote and online learning presented immense challenges for students, parents and teachers, and...
Boys, younger children and children from relatively advantaged families and neighbourhoods – particularly in Sydney – are more likely to delay starting school, report Mark Hanly, Ben Edwards and Kathleen Falster These are some of the findings of our study on who chooses to delay sending...
James only took this important and essential drug twice, writes Toni Bloor, and I thought that cancer was going to be our scariest time. James was five years old when he became unwell. His glands were swollen and there was a lump on the side of...
Whether to hold a child back from starting school when they are first eligible is a question faced by many parents in Australia each year. Research shows it has little effect on their maths and reading skills, write Sally Larsen and Callie Little If you start...
A wide selection of new books have come out this past month. The Bushfire & Climate Change Books are particularly timely. Here are a few picture books for 0-6 year-olds that are worth looking at. The Bushfire Book: How to Be Aware and Prepare by Polly...
Take a moment to reflect on your school years, what were they like? asks Kelly-Ann Allen Perhaps you fondly recall memories of quality time spent with friends, when you had schoolyard crushes, and did just enough classroom work to get through until the weekend. You might...
Children aged 5 or under shouldn’t be prescribed combination asthma controllers at all, according to the national asthma guidelines–but reality looks different, a UNSW study has shown. Australian children – preschoolers in particular – are being inappropriately prescribed fixed dose combination (FDC) asthma medication, a UNSW Sydney...
Lisa Bricknell writes that New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian has called for more businesses to register as COVID Safe, as the state recorded 19 new cases of coronavirus in the 24 hours to 8pm recently. Berejiklian said: If I walk into a venue and I’m...
SpaceX’s recent Falcon 9 rocket launch proves humanity has come leaps and bounds in its effort to reach other worlds. But now there’s a quicker, safer and environmentally friendlier way to travel to the centre of the galaxy – and you can do it too. NASA...
Owain Emslie, Danielle Wood, and Kate Griffiths look at how we can work towards time and earnings equality between women and men in Australia. Grattan Institute research published recently shows the average 25-year-old woman who goes on to have a child can expect to earn A$2...
