There is an awkward tension in how Australian schools and universities credential the learning of their graduates.On the one hand, Australian credentials issued by schools and tertiary institutions are easy to understand, widely used, based on high standards and carefully regulated. They are relied on for...
Australia Post is celebrating one of the country’s much-loved animated children’s television series – Bluey – in its latest licensed stamp pack. A licensing deal between Australia Post and BBC Studios will see the limited-edition stamp pack inspired by the series available online and in...
In a landmark decision in June 2019, the High Court says YES, reports Cassandra Seery, The High Court handed down a landmark decision last year that confirmed parentage rights to a man who donated his sperm to a woman who wanted to have a child. The ruling...
Friday essay: need a sitter? Revisiting girlhood, feminism and diversity in The Baby-Sitters Club by Rosslyn Almond The Baby-Sitters Club, the popular series by Ann M. Martin, defined my childhood. I collected the books until I was 11. I played it in the schoolyard (I was...
A play-based therapy aimed at helping parents manage children’s behaviour has seen long-lasting results in a live trial. Parents of young toddlers with challenging behaviours have found support through a new early-intervention program aimed at children aged 12-24 months, a study has shown. The unique program focuses...
The temporary closure of schools is evidence the system is working as it should, writes Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Brunswick East Primary School and Keilor Views Primary School in Melbourne have temporarily shut down after children from both schools tested positive to COVID-19,...
It’s Sunday night, around 8pm, when your ten-year-old tells you she has a sore throat. She doesn’t have any other symptoms, and feels OK. You tell her “let’s see how you feel in the morning” and she happily goes off to sleep. But you’re left wondering...
People love creating words — in times of crisis, it’s a “sick” (in the good sense) way of pulling through, write Kate Burridge and Howard Manns. From childhood, our “linguistic life has been one willingly given over to language play” (in the words of David Crystal)....
How do you stay 1.5 metres apart in a rugby scrum? And have we seen the end of communal showers? asks Philip Russo. As we emerge from lockdown, so does our sport. And many sporting bodies are grappling with the best way to do this while...
...the way food tastes depends on more than your ability to follow a recipe, report Abby Mellick Lopes and Karen Weiss Home cooks have been trying out their skills during isolation. But the way food tastes depends on more than your ability to follow a recipe. Our...
