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The eight winners of the 2024 HESTA Excellence Awards were announced in Melbourne on August 30th. Selected from a record-breaking 400 nominations. These awards celebrate outstanding teams and individuals across Australia working in the Disability, Allied Health, Aged Care, and Community Services sectors. Among the winners are...

A new app is helping us find out, write Kate Anderson, Taleah Carson and Tasha Cole Australian children are among the healthiest in the world. However, First Nations children continue to be left behind. To break the cycle of disadvantage, we need to foster First Nations children’s well-being...

The federal government has only ‘noted’ a call to end special schools, reports Linda J. Graham. What does this mean for students with a disability? We have just received the long-awaited response from the Australian government to the disability royal commission’s final report. One of the most...

What’s Australia doing? Asks Ausma Bernot and Joel Scanlan Roblox is a hugely popular online gaming platform that contains its own little universe of games. It is primarily targeted at children. Users can create games themselves, play games built by others, and chat with other players....

‘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...

If you’re a parent, writes  Nick Fuller, you’ll be well-acquainted with one of the more hotly debated parenting topics: screen time and kids. On the one hand, screen time helps kids learn, develop creativity and supports social interaction and connection. But too much screen time can negatively...

Moussaka is a traditional Greek dish consisting of eggplant layered with a rich lamb sauce and topped with a layer of bechamel. This recipe is adapted to a vegetarian version using lentils as the protein source. Serves 6      Prep Time: 20 minutes       Cooking Time: 55 minutes INGREDIENTS 2 eggplants,...

Susan Macciocca comes clean about her two-year-old son’s obsession with dirty work. My son Eddy has a thing about rubbish bins. It is not an idle interest; it’s a consuming passion. He loves bins the way a Collingwood supporter loves the black-and-white jumper. He likes full...

by Alberto Filgueiras, Children all over Australia have been watching the Olympics. At school and at home, they have seen athletes win medals, waving flags and doing victory dances. For many, this will be the first time they remember seeing the games. For some kids, this may...

From selfie injuries to viral stunts, social media can be risky for children. Could a ban help? Asks researchers Samuel Cornell and Amy Peden Australia is one of several countries currently considering a social media ban for children. Nationally, there are calls to raise the age...