Important questions are being asked about why children were abused in juvenile detention in the Northern Territory. But we also need to ask why children are being detained at all.
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It is exactly forty years since the Soweto uprising in June 1976 where the South African police met the students with brutal force. How much has changed in terms of policing?
The ladder of social mobility isn’t what it used to be. An expert at Cornell explains how global demographic trends are widening the economic gap among young people.
An extra £1.2 billion of public money is going to a volunteering scheme for teenagers.
Concern about youth electoral enrolment is framed the wrong way. It usually suggests that young people are somehow deficient and that they – and not the political culture – are the problem.
The success of the government’s new youth employment plan will depend on how its used by services, employers and young people alike.
During World War I, a youth organisation called the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry was set up, prompting similar groups attracting thousands of members.
A new report’s findings provide a strong economic rationale for investing in early intervention to stem the flow of young people into homelessness.
Poor economic performance and high levels of skilled migration are standing in the way of young Australians entering the labour market for the first time.
Australia has a vibrant, culturally rich, queer history and it should be acknowledged in our schools.
Research in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, shows that many young, black and poor people do not recognise themselves or their communities in the stories they see, hear or read in mainstream media.
Young people are starting to skip the very public postings of some of social media’s original platforms. Why? And where will that leave the companies that rely on our willingness to divulge everything?
It is widely believed that youth recklessness is often the cause of young driver crashes, but is this simply a myth?
There is a growing canyon now separating politics as understood and practiced by political authorities from the political practices of everyday people.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is promising a Labor government would reduce the voting age – at least to 17 and perhaps 16.
What has changed within society that fosters radicalisation among young people? Where are we failing children, and how can we adjust direction to care for them rather than incarcerate them?
Young people are shunning Africa’s agricultural sector despite high levels of unemployment and food insecurity. This underscores the need to demonstrate the profitability of agriculture.
Given the heightened risk of harm, governments should ban the sale of energy drinks to anyone under the age of 18 years old.
There is no mandatory four-week wait for young people to receive benefits in New Zealand.
Musicians and performers have long been considered to influence young people in negative ways.
Top contributors
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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PhD candidate (health), Dalhousie University
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Professor, Département des sciences de l'activité physique, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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ARC Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Sociology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Faculty of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Full Professor and Associate Vice-President, Research, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Dean of Programs, EM Lyon Business School
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
