We need more than police checks, report researchers David Bartlett, Amanda L. Robertson and Danielle Arlanda Harris. Recently, a former childcare centre worker was charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences, sending shivers through the Australian community. About 1.4 million children are using a childcare...
Nigel Howard and Andrew Bills look at why 20% of Australian students don’t finish high school A significant proportion of young Australians still do not finish high school. According to data released by the Productivity Commission on Tuesday, about one in five students leave before they reach Year...
Chances are your child’s school uses commercial programs to support teaching. Why? ask researchers Amelia Ruscoe, Fiona Boylan and Pauline Roberts Australian primary schools are becoming increasingly reliant on commercial programs for teaching students. This means the content and the way students are being taught is...
A project led by Indigenous Elders in the Robinson River region to share their knowledge, their ideas, and their care for the community. Merck, a leading science and technology company, joined forces with the DeadlyScience team to launch the first DeadlyLabs kit in the Northern Territory....
Pharmacologists Tina Hinton, Jessica Pace, and Nial Wheate look at which works best and when? In most cases, pain and fever relief is as simple as a trip to your local supermarket for some paracetamol or ibuprofen. While both are effective at reducing pain, they work in...
‘He was horrific!’: Nearly two thirds of family historians are distressed by what they find, reports researcher Susan Moore In 1853, my great great grandmother Charlotte died giving birth to her 13th child, in a tent on the banks of the Yarra River in what is...
New research finds that AI doesn’t just discriminate against women in the workforce – but also has a problem with parents. by Dr Lea Frermann, Sheilla Njoto, Dr Marc Cheong and Professor Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne Gender bias is deeply ingrained in hiring and work. In Australia,...
For Dental Health Week (August 7-13), the Australian Dental Association (ADA) gives a friendly reminder that the lack of oral health information provided to new parents regarding their baby's dental care could be a lifetime of problems with their teeth. While parenting focuses on various aspects,...
Lots of kids are ‘late talkers’, writes Suzanne Meldrum. Here’s when to take action As a speech pathologist, university lecturer and parent of young children, I often get asked a version of the following: My child isn’t talking yet. Is that a problem? And is it my...
RSV is everywhere right now. Write Jane Tuckerman, Ashleigh Rak, Danielle Wurzeland Margie Danchin, Murdoch Children's Research Institute This winter, we’re having to get our heads around another respiratory virus – RSV. It’s less well known than COVID or flu, but it’s also responsible for unplanned visits...
