Education
A gap remains in Indigenous & non-Indigenous education
There’s still a “big gap” in the learning outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, according to a new report released......
Mother of murdered child launches safety app
In 2007 Sonya Ryan’s 15 year old daughter, Carly Ryan, was groomed by an online predator who lured her to......
One quarter of Aussie kids left behind by education system
A quarter of Australian students aren’t completing high school. That’s the finding of a report released today by education policy......
Funding pulled from Bjorn Lomborg consensus centre
The government today confirmed that the $4 million funding for Bjorn Lomborg’s “Conensus Centre” is no longer available. Flinders University......
Do domestic violence perpetrator programs really work?
With domestic violence we often talk about underfunded services and keeping families safe, but what about getting men to stop......
Tackling mental health in schools
Tasmanian Labor have announced a new policy that aims to tackle mental health in state schools. The plan would see......
Remote Indigenous communities still face Internet barriers
For many, access to the internet is such a key aspect of Australian society that we can’t imagine a life......
Racism in schools holding Indigenous kids back
Close to half of Indigenous carers and parents report that either they, or their families, have experienced racism at some......
Communicating climate science
Documents released today reveal the Abbott government considered launching an investigation into the Bureau of Meteorology for allegedly producing inaccurate......
School students talk gender
Most of today’s teenagers say that they’re not interested in feminism, but they do want to know about gender issues......