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Izzy Zhu-Maguire, Master of International Relations student, Monash University Young people are beginning to lose hope. We’re living in the climate crisis we thought we wouldn’t yet have to face. I have faith that many young people won’t stop fighting for climate action, but I have a fear that many others are beginning to feel [...]
Edward Jegasothy, University of Sydney and Sarah Hill, University of Sydney Australia is facing a cost-of-living crisis. Rising costs of rent, fuel, food and power have increased financial stress for many households. While financial pressures are now being felt by a broader section of society, for many Australians, such pressures are constant. The health costs [...]
Antonia Merritt, Dr Cassandra Wannan, Dr David Moseley , Dr Michelle Adams , Dr Riana De Netto , Dr Warda Syeda, Professor Bruce Tonge and Professor Christos PantelisDuring an initial mental health consultation, some people can exhibit overlapping symptoms consistent with multiple conditions – like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, psychotic-like symptoms, and/or autism. [...]
Brendan HitchensIn an increasingly complex world of pandemics, wars, political tensions and climate struggles, how can we give young people the global competencies, skills, values and knowledge to help them navigate these issues? More specifically, while forces try to divide us, what are the concepts and subjects that bring us together? And how can educators [...]
Over the past decade, Australians have highlighted the importance of climate change action to their future survival with movements such as Extinction Rebellion and School Strikes for Climate . Children, too, have been calling for urgent change by skipping school and taking to the streets in School Strike 4 Climate events, as well as partaking [...]
Lucas Walsh, Monash University Australia’s class of 2022 is on the home stretch. Next month, more than 200,000 year 12 students will be sitting their final exams. In amongst this, they are making big decisions about their lives beyond school. But research shows they are not getting the support they need as they finish school [...]
Simon Van Baal, PhD Candidate, Cognition and Philosophy Lab, Faculty of Arts; Jakob Hohwy, Professor, School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies; Allen Cheng, Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology The COVID-19 pandemic is still with us, as much as we all were hoping it was all over when the previous waves subsided and restrictions were [...]
Sarah Hellewell, Curtin University Understanding the facial expressions of others is an important development stage. It helps us learn non-verbal communication and to recognise when someone is angry or scared and primes us to react to threats or show empathy for others’ feelings. A growing body of evidence suggests our neighbourhood environment shapes this response [...]
The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) is warning that Australia is seeing a global trend in the crime of sexual extortion, with a spike in the number of Australian boys being preyed on by international sex offenders, who are grooming them into producing explicit images and then extorting them for money. The ACCCE [...]
Julia Caldwell, The University of Queensland; Koa Whittingham, The University of Queensland, and Pamela Meredith, University of the Sunshine Coast You walk into a room. You are going to play a game. Your competitors? Other parents. There will only be one winner. You aim is to survive. No, we’re not talking about Squid Game but [...]
