Young Generation
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Federal Government faces criticism after telling UN raising the age is the duty of states and territories
Currently, children as young as 10-years-old can be held criminally responsible and face incarceration in Australia. This is four years…
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‘Politics aside, we’ve abandoned children in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’
I have witnessed a lot in my career, heading up humanitarian responses in the world’s most violent, dangerous, and impoverished…
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To understand young people’s mental health problems, we need to look at the economic and social triggers
But one that is concerns the deteriorating mental health of young Australians. Authors ABC News While this has been the…
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Environmental action: why some young people want an alternative to protests
Despite this, a survey conducted in 2020 found that most young people were unlikely to take part in peaceful marches.…
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We don’t need CRT, but we need to think critically about race
UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, the vast majority of Australians, on both the Left and Right, had never heard of Critical Race…
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Pope revises church law, updates rules on sexual abuse
The revision, which has been in the works since 2009, involves all of section six of the Church’s Code of…
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Growing up with trees: new books use story and science to connect kids with nature
But it really means I spend a lot of time thinking and finding out about people’s relationships with the natural…
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Dozens of submissions made pubic after AGS refuse to act on rising the age of criminal responsibility
The step follows two-and-a-half years of inaction and delay by federal and state Attorneys-General, who have so far failed to…
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US Supreme Court to hear major abortion case with ramifications for Roe vs Wade
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case with massive implications for the country’s abortion laws, setting up…
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The NT’s tough-on-crime approach won’t reduce youth offending. This is what we know works
We expect the legislation could go through as early as today. Authors: The Conversation But this tough-on-crime approach runs contrary…
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Middle East/North Africa: End Violent Punishment of Children
(Beirut) – Governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should outlaw the violent discipline of children, Human Rights…
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Refugee denied national title, but not giving up Tokyo dream
But he still holds hopes of realising his dream: running at the Tokyo Olympics. Michael Gleeson The Age Asim came…
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France sets age of consent at 15
The French National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill defining as rape any act of sexual penetration between an…
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More kids are being diagnosed with ADHD for borderline (yet challenging) behaviours.
During my daughter’s challenging first year of school, we discovered how much effort it took her to sit and learn.…
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Housing affordability is a problem.
The idea that young Australians should be able to dip into their super to help buy their first home keeps…
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Never insulted Erdogan? You’re eligible to stay in a Turkish student dormitory
Under the amendment, students who have been convicted for a prison term of more than six months — or for…
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