Are Aussie Parents Backing Teachers Enough?

Australia has 53% of qualified teachers choosing not to teach and 20% of graduates who will never teach. What’s going on?...

15 October, 2024

What does family look like in Australia?

It’s more diverse than you think, report researchers Yuvisthi Naidoo,  Ilan Katz  and Megan Blaxland When we think of the concept of the family, a specific version often springs to mind: a mother, a father and children, usually two or three. It’s the version of society...

12 September, 2024

How streaming has changed kids’ viewing in Australia

‘I don’t even know what the Australian TV shows are'. Jessica Balanzategui,  Djoymi Baker and Georgia Clift look at the future implication for Aussie kids. It has been almost ten years since Netflix and Stan first started offering streaming services in Australia. This has been a decade...

25 August, 2024

Helping your kids understand the 26th of January

As 26th January approaches, it can be a confusing time for many Australians, writes Wiradjuri woman Jess Staines, The Koori Curriculum If you’re a parent who grew up celebrating it as our ‘national day’ with BBQs, beers and beach, then you might have mixed feelings about...

22 January, 2024

Aussie Kids Invited to Share their Stories of Mateship and Community

“Sticking Together” – Aussie Kids Invited to Share Their Stories of Mateship and Community in National Primary Schools’ Program. Primary school children across Australia are invited to share their stories of fair go, mateship, respect and inclusion as part of the popular nationwide Aussie of the...

21 September, 2023

Measuring What Matters for all Australians

Australians’ national wellbeing shows a glass half full, reports Michelle Grattan Australia presents a mixed picture of national wellbeing, according to the government’s Measuring What Matters report released by Treasurer Jim Chalmers. On the positive side, over the past two decades life expectancy has increased, income and...

31 July, 2023

The next stage of a ban on single-use plastics is coming soon.

From 1 November 2022 NSW moves into the next stage with a number of food service items being phased out including: Single-use plastic straws*, stirrers and cutlery Single-use plastic plates and bowls Expanded polystyrene foodware. These changes follow the ban on lightweight plastic bags that took...

27 October, 2022

What flood survivors actually need after disaster strikes

‘Would you like lunch? Can I clean out the chook house?’  Mel Taylor and Barbara Ryan look at what people need after disaster strikes. The floods ravaging Victoria have destroyed hundreds of homes and left at least one person dead. Some rivers are not expected to...

27 October, 2022

Why do Australian states need a national curriculum?

Emily Ross looks at why the National curriculum is controversial. The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority released a proposed revision of the foundation to year 10 national curriculum for public consultation in April. Since then, the draft national curriculum — the final version of which...

21 July, 2022

Who are we? The 2021 Australian census in 8 charts

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...

07 July, 2022