A group of Monash University researchers report that over the past 20 years, there have been monumental shifts in the way we work with young people with disability and their families. Back in the 1990s, when a child was diagnosed with autism it followed a sad...
Stress is common among teachers, and recent reports suggest it’s getting worse, write researchers Rebecca J. Collie and Caroline F. Mansfield We need to understand the sources of this stress to improve support for teachers. Growing teacher shortages in Australia underscore the need for this support. It...
This is why it matters – and we can do something about it, write researchers Linda J. Graham Callula Killingly Jenna Gillett-Swan and Penny Van Bergen “School SUX!” We’ve all heard it and some of us have felt it. It’s such a common sentiment that parents and teachers...
More rented, more mortgaged, less owned, writes researcher Rachel Ong ViforJ On the surface, the latest census tells us home ownership has changed little over the past five years. Between the 2016 census and this census in 2021, the share of Australians owning their homes remained...
Shutterstock by Wes Mountain, The Conversation More than 25 million people Australians sat down on (or around) Tuesday August 20 last year to complete their census. Despite our borders still largely being closed, that was an 8.6% increase in the number of people completing the census in 2021...
How do we protect kids from abuse in sport, writes Blake Bennett, without creating a ‘culture of suspicion’ that ruins it for everyone? Although sport is often touted as a vehicle for positive experiences, many investigations into sporting cultures – particularly high performance sport – have...
The school holidays are upon us, World Animal Protection is reminding families that keeping tiny animal lovers happy doesn’t have to break the bank. The global animal charity is encouraging parents to explore the wonders of Aussie wildlife, in the best place of all, the wild. Here...
The “Real” 7-Up – the 30-Year Study Linking Childhood Obesity and Fitness to Midlife Cognition The world’s first study of the impact of childhood fitness and obesity on cognition in middle age, followed over 1200 people who were children in 1985 for over 30 years, has...
FatBlaster Max has just been banned. Why? reports Nick Fuller Australia’s regulator has banned weightloss supplementsz, an over-the-counter pill that claimed (with no evidence) to be able to help you lose weight. FatBlaster Max can no longer be purchased, after the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) found...
In the new Disney Pixar movie Lightyear, time gets bendy, reports Sam Baron Spoiler alert: this article explains a key plot point, but we don’t give away anything you won’t see in trailers. Thanks to reader Florence, 7, for her questions. At the beginning of the new...
