Sports foster confidence and lifelong connections for kids, yet they continue to quit, new research reveals. With the 2025 netball season is kicking off in April, Netball has become most popular sport for girls and women in Australia, with over 1,000,000 participants expected in the upcoming season. It is...
Financial Basics Foundation Launches Cashed Up, supported by Australian Retirement Trust New Courses Teach Kids Smart Money Skills for the Future As the school year kicks off, the Financial Basics Foundation is launching Cashed Up, a free financial literacy program designed to equip Australian high school students...
Online games should not be included in Australia’s social media ban – they are crucial for kids’ social lives, write Marcus Carter and Taylor Hardwick The Australian government has announced a plan to ban children under the age of 16 from social media. With bipartisan support,...
The Children’s Book Council Australia (CBCA) is thrilled to announce the 2025 Book of the Year Awards Notable list. This curated list of diverse and engaging books celebrates the extraordinary talent and creativity of our Australian authors and illustrators, reflecting the vibrancy of contemporary children’s literature...
5 things to know if you are separated or divorced and want to travel overseas with your child/ren At Russell Kennedy, our Family Law lawyers understand that divorce and separation can be an emotional time particularly if there are children involved. A common concern for our...
Different views about how reading should be taught have been competing for at least 100 years, and an enormous amount of research has sought to answer this question. The Great Reading Debate: Phonics vs. Whole Language For over a century, educators and researchers have debated the best...
YouTube hosts a lot of garbage – but the government is right to let kids keep watching it, report Catherine Page Jeffery and Joanne Gray When the Australian government passed legislation in November last year banning young people under 16 from social media, it included exemptions...
Let’s not forget how it transformed our oral health, report by Oliver A.H. Jones Fluoride is back in the news, after incoming US “health czar” Robert F. Kennedy Jr called for its removal from drinking water. At the same time, the Australian Medical Association (Queensland) recently urged...
What does good civics education look like? asks Murray Print. Here are 6 ways to do it well A federal parliamentary inquiry has recently recommended civics and citizenship become a compulsory part of the Australian Curriculum, which covers the first year of school to Year 10. The...
School holidays and school ovals and playgrounds have been sitting unused. Why aren’t more available to the community? Asks Paul Kidson Schools are full of extremely useful and valuable facilities. These include playing fields, play equipment, sandpits, netball courts, concert halls, libraries and even pools. But these...
