A social enterprise providing education and information to protect and enhance the mental health of young people
3.9% of the births in NSW to mothers under 20 years of age 12,326 teenagers gave birth in Australia in 2008 Teenage pregnancies in Australia are on the rise again with an increase of 15% since 2008. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics teenage birth rates in NSW seem to be concentrated around the [...]
Nearly 4 million people nationwide watched the Ben Cousins documentary Such is Life – The troubled times of Ben Cousins. The program detailed his public life as a footballer while leading the secret life of a drug addict. This duplicitous lifestyle finally came to an end when he was arrested in Perth in 2007. Paul [...]
The American Psychological Association (APA) recently formed a task force which produced a report on the sexualisation of girls through the media and other cultural messages. The report also included information for parents, carers and teachers on how they can help young women become aware of the sexualised imagery and messages that are presented by [...]
70,000 Australians are reported victims of alcohol related assaults every year 24,000 women are victims of alcohol related domestic violence assaults 20,000 children are victims of alcohol-related child abuse The Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation (AER Foundation) recently commissioned a new report The Range and Magnitude of Alcohol’s Harm to Others, which has just been [...]
Kids Free 2B Kids This website was started as part of a grass roots campaign to apply pressure to the mass media, current cultural trends and manufacturers that are exposing children to inappropriate sexualised imagery as they try to sell products and make profit. Kids Free 2B Kids is in alliance with The Australian Council [...]
Since 2005 there has been a bus doing the rounds in Oakleigh displaying a near naked reclining woman in high heels, her legs stretch almost the full length of the side of the bus. This is the long running advertisement for the Kittens School of Striptease. In 2005 the advertising regulator didn’t even bat an [...]
It is expected that by 2012 Australia will be the first country in the world to impose generic packaging on tobacco companies. At the same time there is a push to force tobacco companies to be more up-font about the content of their products. There are growing concerns among anti-tobacco campaigners that menthol is increasingly [...]
Online counselling is another way to get help for depression and anxiety. There are many self-help internet-based programs available in Australia that are aimed at helping people better manage depression, anxiety and related illnesses. To help people find these programs and services, beyondblue: the national depression initiative has put together a directory of e-mental Health [...]
The new craze being pitched at teenagers is the i-Dose; an audio file that allegedly induces the same kind of experience as drugs. In fact the binaural MP3 audio files even take their names from drugs including; methamphetamine, cocaine, crack, LSD and Crystal Meth. The files range in strength from the standard ‘heroin’ track to [...]
The International Year of Youth is an opportunity to give young people a say in the world around them and how it is being shaped. This is reflected in the theme “Our Year, Our Voice”. The 2010 International Youth Day celebrated on 12 August also marked the launch of the International Year of Youth. The [...]
