It’s time Australia came of age and followed England’s example by introducing a relevant and diverse sex and relationships education program in all schools.
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Positive education pairs the traditional focus of schools on academic achievement with positive psychology interventions to support student wellbeing.
As a liberal democracy, Australia needs its own report on US torture in Iraq and has a legal and moral obligation to prevent torture.
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‘Emerging adulthood’ offers a contemporary view of young adults, as perceptions and definitions shift worldwide.
Encouraging and supporting failure can make your child more resilient, better able to cope and help them grow.
If governments step in, this might be a war that customers, workers and the community can still win.
A government proposal for weather radars to share frequencies with telecommunications providers has prompted fears for the accuracy of the Bureau of Meteorology’s weather radar.
That the Fair Work Ombudsman brought a case against Foodora suggests its workers are most likely to be classified as employees. This could dissuade other platforms from offering similar benefits.
Technology is currently not at the forefront of how work-integrated learning is designed and this is something educators need to address.
Having called the June 12 summit off, US President Donald Trump says it might be on again. But at what cost will all of this come to the serious issue of denuclearisation?
Sandpaper figs are the swiss army knife of Australian flora.
Les muscles des enfants récupèrent rapidement d’un exercice intense. C’est pourquoi ils peuvent répéter des efforts physiques intenses là où la plupart des adultes finissent épuisés.
Rat baits are widely used to keep rodent pests at bay. But many Australian reptiles are resistant to the poison, potentially spreading these deadly compounds up the food chain.
Children’s muscles recover rapidly from high-intensity exercise, and kids can produce repeated exercise efforts when most of us adults continue to feel exhausted.
Women encounter many difficulties in cities that are products of male design and planning. We need to move past the practice of one group shaping our world on behalf of everyone else.
Students from the Philippines, China and India consistently achieve better results at school than their Australian-born counterparts. This is due to a number of factors, including parents’ values.
Finding time to read to your children can be hard, but there are several ways you can make sure your child gets the most out of time for reading aloud.
A good starting point to find out why people self-injure is to ask them about their reasons for this behaviour.
The things teenagers choose to do can be baffling to us, but it’s ok, they’re in a different stage of brain development.
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Lead, Mental Health, Edith Cowan University
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PhD Candidate, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Dean - School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Researcher and Phd Candidate, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Audience Research, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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Lelia Green is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Communications, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Visual & Cultural Studies, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Exercise Medicine, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer in Psychology, Edith Cowan University
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Research associate, Edith Cowan University
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