Australia
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Digital Focus
- New Age Rules Set to Block Under-16s from Social Media in Australia
- Ban harmful content from social media instead of us, say Australian teens
- Teens launch High Court challenge to Australia’s social media ban
- Under 16’s social media ban countdown | A Current Affair
- Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia’s teen social media ban
- Australia is banning social media for children under 16. How will it work?
- Instagram to start closing Australian teen accounts ahead of social media ban
- ‘Idk what to do’: Teens share their thoughts after test-driving the social-media ban
- Roblox exempt but ‘absolutely could’ be added to Australia’s under-16s social media ban
- Reddit added to Australia’s social media ban on under-16s
- Australian girls being ‘hunted’ by online crime gangs to commit violent acts
- VIDEO: Could the social media ban be a good thing?
- Google says Australian law on teen social media use ‘extremely difficult’ to enforce
- Bathurst mum’s plea at UN as Australia’s social media ban lauded by world leaders
- Australia’s social media ban for teens draws praise at UN
- Australia wants ‘minimally invasive’ age checks under teen social media ban
- Enforcing Australia’s social media ban on children is possible but contains risks, report says
- The Tweens Down Under: Life Without Social Media in Australia
- How parents and guardians can help children reduce YouTube use before the ban
- Social Media Bans for Children Ignore the Reality of Digital Life
- Australia considers banning social media for under-14 children in South
- South Australia considers social media ban for children under 14
- Smartphones and social media ‘toxic’ for children under 14, psychologist Jonathan Haidt says
- Australia Bans Social Media Until Age 16
- Australia Has Barred Everyone Under 16 From Social Media. Will It Work?
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Education
- ‘I’d ride that’: Teens’ sexual comments leave male teachers terrified
- ‘Fix the torture’: Union battle cry after ominous warning to striking teachers
- Queensland teachers to strike for second time amid pay dispute with state government
- Somerville House investigating after teachers’ dossier on students leaked
- Abusive parents facing longer bans from school under new South Australian laws
- Home-school vs mainstream
- Queensland government makes three-year 8 per cent pay rise offer to state’s school teachers
- Parents kept in dark on secret gender transitions at school
- Hidden epidemic jeopardising ‘a generation’ of children
- Learn to Read in 30 Days for FREE!
- Kindy parents told to pay thousands for children’s art – sparking uproar and a midnight heist
- 5-Year-Old Draws Grandad for Class—Teacher Left Concerned by What He Writes
- Aussie parents are moving away from mainstream school
- Education Department responds to 7NEWS investigation into Australia’s school bullying crisis
- Hundreds of students evacuated as school in Western Sydney locked down over fears of threat
- One in three Aussie students falling behind in maths
- Education minister axes entire VCAA board in the wake of review into exam bungle
- Inside the program helping university students ‘jump-start’ their careers in teaching
- ‘Teachers are describing something different’: the escalating culture of misogyny in Australian classrooms
- Students rally outside Western Sydney boys’ school, chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ after staff stood down for defending Sydney nurses video
- Schools focus on respect as teachers report feeling intimidated by parents and students
- Adelaide woman to face court after allegedly threatening teenage girl in classroom
- Aussie school students worse equipped than ever to participate in democracy ahead of Federal Election, report finds
- Queensland parents who drive children to school could receive an allowance
- The Melbourne outreach program aiming to give students greater access to art
- How Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests inspired a Darwin teen to start a student magazine
- Children ‘excluded’ from school photos and play dates, as advocates say SA’s child protection laws are ‘over-zealous’
- School bullying inquiry hears Catholic Education Tasmania denies leadership roles to staff based on sexual orientation and relationship status
- Can schools enforce uniform policies like short hair for boys and skirts for girls?
- New public schools open at Legana and Brighton — the first time in Tasmania for a decade
- On patrol with the truancy officers charged with getting NT kids back to school
- Schools finding new ways to quell anxiety for kids starting school
- More parents chaperoning children to school as road fatality toll in Aussies under seven soars
- Sydney high school senior investigated by police over deepfake pornographic images of female students
- ‘We Nicknamed it Eddy’: what do Schools and Teachers Think of AI in Classrooms?
- Labor urged to commit to Universal Childcare After Report Finds Many Children Miss out on Critical Learning
- The Trouble with 15%: Why Early Childhood Educators say More Than a Pay Rise is Needed
- More than 20,000 Extra Early Childhood Educators Urgently Needed in Australia to Keep Up With Current Demands, Report Says
- A New Language and Literacy Screening Tool is Part of a Plan to Improve Australian Students’ Literacy
- Adventist Church Pastor Awarded for Service to Public School in Australia
- NAPLAN Results Reveal one in Three Students not Meeting Basic Literacy and Numeracy Expectations
- Early Childhood Education Workers to Receive 15% Pay Rise – if Centres Limit Fee Increases
- Too Many Year 9 Students are Missing School. What can Parents and Teachers do to Keep them Engaged?
- Virtual school Enrolment Surge as Absenteeism Rates Climb
- Why Guardian Australia is investigating Exclusive Brethren Schools
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Health Matters
- Australian birthing influencer banned from promoting views online by Victoria’s health watchdog
- Family’s fight to make every moment count | A Current Affair
- Influenza B is hitting Australian children hard this flu season as vaccination uptake slows
- Premature babies moved to former storeroom at cramped hospital
- Top doctor’s warning after spike in flu cases among Aussie Children
- Queensland surgeons remove large part of one-year-old’s skull to transform his life
- Family’s tough fertility decision for their ‘miracle’ baby girl fighting cancer
- This 20-month-old boy personifies the NDIS issue expected to dominate 2025
- NSW Health Minister apologises to mother and son over medical scare at Lithgow, Nepean hospitals
- Job cuts to deliver Canberra’s health system a funding injection unlikely to improve wait times
- Queensland social media influencer accused of drugging baby bailed
- Social media influencer drugging child ‘led to brain surgery’, court told
- Perth baby Cruz Kelly rushed to hospital with rare and aggressive cancer
- Organ transplant research centre opens at children’s hospital in Sydney
- Darwin teen warns others to cover up sores after surviving infection of deadly disease melioidosis
- Family of girl who had brain surgery when awake moving to Australia for further care
- Newcastle family desperate for Christmas miracle to save five-year-old son’s life
- ‘Biggest day of our lives’: Premature babies return home in time for first Christmas
- Adelaide father accused of faking child’s cancer to raise money granted bail
- Wet weather brings increased paralysis tick risk, warns doctor
- Alice Springs rallies around ‘little fighter’ after violent home invasion
- Adelaide couple allegedly faked son’s cancer diagnosis to raise $60,000
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Immigration
- Two-Year-Old Faces Deportation Because of Illness, Family ‘Torn Apart’ Over $1.2M bill
- Australia Announces New Limit for International Student Enrollments for 2025
- Australia’s Approach to International Student caps is Even More Radical Than in the UK and Canada
- Australia Made 9 Changes to Student Migration Rules Over the Past Year. We Don’t Need International Student Caps as Well
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Physical Abuse
- Notorious Adelaide killer Bevan Spencer von Einem dying
- Allan Labor Gov’t Failing Vulnerable Children
- DCP under fire as 18 at-risk children die in under 18
- Mum breaks silence after six-year-old Charlie’s death in Adelaide
- Teenage cricketer dies in Melbourne after being hit by ball
- Australian boy, 11, died from snake bite after father told him to ‘sleep it off’
- Infant’s death in illegal Robinvale childcare centre among sector’s secret failures
- Seven people charged over stabbing deaths of Dau Akueng and Chol Achiek in Cobblebank
- Melbourne woman charged over deaths of two girls in house fire
- Road rage attack leaves two Sydney teenagers hospitalised
- NT considers appeal after teen who fractures baby’s skull gets no jail time
- Baby girl dies, child seriously injured after being hit by car at Minto Mall car park
- Jennifer Mui Len Chin, who stabbed teen daughter’s boyfriend, was ‘trying to protect family’
- Community raises more than $94,000 after 4yo Lua Valles-Garcia killed by falling palm tree in suburban Darwin
- Child dies after being struck by a car at Villawood in Sydney’s west
- Teen pedestrian injured in hit-and-run at Merrylands in western Sydney
- Mother and young son airlifted to hospital after suburban stabbing attack in Wollongong
- Two-year-old boy dies after being found unresponsive at home in Fingal Bay, NSW
- Six teenagers injured as allegedly stolen car crashes during police pursuit near Newcastle
- Teen boy one of two killed in separate Sydney crashes, two critical
- Brawl breaks out among parents at junior soccer match
- Indigenous teen’s alleged killers were ‘mucking around’ before alleged attack
- ‘Hard to believe’: Community grieves three-year-old fatally struck by out-of-control car
- Two children found alive after person killed in ‘suspicious’ house fire near Toowoomba
- Mohamed Fattah, 9, was on weekend away with relatives before shooting tragedy
- Girl, 4, left disfigured by ‘worst injuries ever seen’ after almost a year of torture
- Teen arrested over death of another teen hit by car in Taylors Lakes, Melbourne
- Children among seven injured as burnout goes horribly wrong in Abermain, NSW
- Grief-stricken parents demand urgent review after two-year-old son dies at Northern Beaches Hospital
- Schoolgirl critically injured by falling tree branch during Government House excursion
- Grieving parents demand investigation into Sydney hospital after death of two-year-old son
- School community mourns death of student who collapsed at rowing training
- Man and toddler fighting for life after mother and daughter killed in house fire
- Man, 20, charged with murder after death of 10-week-old girl in Queensland
- ‘Horrific’: Boy, 10, fighting for life after being hit by car near Sydney bus stop
- Operator ‘hung out to dry’ by jumping castle manufacturer after six children were killed in Tasmania
- Boy playing in the water bitten by a dingo on K’gari
- Police charge five people with assault after group allegedly attacked teenage lifeguard at public swimming pool in Melbourne
- Man accused of murdering baby asked ‘unusual’ question, doctor says
- Driver assaulted, children injured after car doing burnout at illegal street meet skids out of control
- Keith Andrew Chambers charged over crash with e-bike that killed 9yo
- Man, 20, charged with murder after four-month-old boy died in NSW hospital
- Investigation after teenager turned up to Sydney hospital with gunshot wound
- Child suffers critical injuries after being hit by car in Tasmania
- Inquest to examine baby’s death after home birth gone wrong in Victoria
- School student ‘in shock’ after being struck by alleged hit-run driver
- Indigenous teen’s murderer a ‘coward filled with rage’, lawyer tells court
- Earlwood community left devastated by death of infant found in car, after neighbours tried to revive the girl
- Woman charged with torture following major Queensland investigation into alleged child abuse
- Child Protection ‘overly optimistic’ before 2yo killed, hidden in roof in Victoria
- Melbourne private school fined $140k for student’s ‘preventable’ death on overseas trip
- Never-before-seen police interviews show church group moments after girl’s death
- ‘Abhorrent’: Woman, 24, charged with murder after nine-year-old boy found dead with ‘significant’ head injuries
- Father killed in Australia Day crash alongside young son identified
- Woman, 24, charged over alleged murder of nine-year-old boy
- Police investigate sudden death of two-month-old girl in central Queensland
- ‘Pure luck’ teenagers weren’t killed after shooting on inner Melbourne street
- Two fatal crashes on Victorian roads bring state’s road toll to 19
- Birthday party tragedy as girl dies in house fire in Rokeby, Hobart
- Teen Beau Liddell dies at Wappa Falls while trying to save drowning friend
- Toddler, 3, bitten by dingo near Kingfisher Bay on K’gari (Fraser Island)
- Sister of child killed in ‘tragic’ birthday gathering house fire in Hobart dies
- Five-year-old boy dies after being crushed by parking meter at museum in WA
- Three children, two adults in hospital after crash in regional Victoria
- Car seized as police investigate hit-and-run that critically injured 4yr boy
- Child, 4, critical after alleged hit-and-run in south-western NSW
- Two adults critical, six children injured after minibus crashes in NSW
- Teen boy stabbed after illegal fireworks set off in park in Guildford, Western Sydney
- Tragic end in search for missing five-year-old boy with autism
- Police scale back search for teenager swept off the rocks on NSW Central Coast
- Teenager rushed to hospital after alleged stabbing at Parramatta Westfield
- Violent brawl at kids’ event at Sydney greyhound track caught on camera
- Manhunt after family home sprayed with bullets while children were asleep
- Perth couple drown trying to save daughter at popular WA beach
- Woman dies, child hospitalised after car hits tree in northern Victoria
- Man drowns after rescuing four children from rough waters at Tasmanian beach
- Man shot dead in front of children in suspected gangland hit in Sydney’s west
- Four-year-old killed after being hit by car in Sydney’s west
- Dad, son and grandmother ‘followed’ after altercation while looking at Christmas lights
- Boy, 10, fighting for life after police chase south of Perth
- Police find body in search for missing boy Luca Bennett, 15, who was swept off rocks
- Family devastated after four-year-old dies in tragic house fire in WA three days before Christmas
- Desperate search for teenager swept off rocks on NSW Central Coast
- Teen rescued from Geraldton beach after near-drowning
- Teen surfer itching to get back in water as soon as possible after surviving shark attack
- Cops accused of ‘victim-blaming’ over baby, dad deaths
- Driver jailed for ‘abrupt, cruel’ killing of 16-year-old girl
- Toddler in hospital after being pulled from Sydney backyard pool
- Victoria boy dies in tragic game of hide and seek gone wrong
- Warrant Issued for Man Who Allegedly Threw Piping Hot Coffee on Baby in Unprovoked Attack
- Study Identifies Factors Associated with Child Maltreatment in the Home
- Special Needs
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Strong Room
- Aussie children losing hope for the future, new report finds
- Emma was homeless just weeks before sitting her high school exams, and her story is believed to be shared by many more
- Former Tech Executive Julie Inman Grant Battles Big Tech’s Youth Data Collection
- Government grants aim to ease Queensland women back into workforce
- I work from 3 a.m. to 4 p.m. to run my children’s clothing brand from Australia. My schedule isn’t sustainable, and we’re moving back to the US.
- Ditching screen time guilt could help families connect, psychologist says
- YouTube to be included in Australia’s teen social media ban
- What should parents tell their children about the Middle East conflict?
- Scientists Caught Sperm Defying One of Newton’s Laws of Physics
- Hannah Kent: ‘I was kind of having a second adolescence’
- Biological parents of baby born to wrong couple in IVF bungle have no legal right to child, law says
- Australian adoptees call for inquiry in wake of South Korean overseas adoptions scandal
- “Excited About the Future” – Inside the Mind of Gen Alpha
- Most children under 16 still using social media despite world-first ban, eSafety Commissioner reports
- Adelaide’s Genius Childcare allowed to reopen after forced closure over cleanliness allegations
- Kylie picks youngster out of the crowd as superstar kicks off world tour in Perth
- State regulator temporarily shuts down Genius Childcare centre in Blair Athol
- Hospital a ‘beacon of light’ for mum who gave birth during Queensland floods
- Climate Crisis Reshapes Australian Children’s Lives
- How parents can manage the risk of posting back-to-school photos on social media
- National Children’s Commissioner ‘deeply concerned’ for wellbeing of children in the Jewish community amid surge in antisemitism
- South Australian families receive cost-of-living relief as school year begins
- Young girls’ bravery awarded after saving pregnant mum in terrifying crash
- Violations of children’s rights a ‘blot on Australia’s reputation’
- My mom says I waited too long to have kids because she’s now an older grandparent. It was the perfect time for me
- How to raise bilingual children in Australia, where English reigns supreme
- Western Sydney families struggling to find places in ‘childcare deserts’ worried about cost-of-living
- Temu beach tent recalled over safety fears
- Kids born and raised in secret to get birth certificates
- Baby Remi, among the first born of new Beta generation, arrives in Australia just minutes after new year
- The Ebike Commute Challenge: could I do Daycare Drop-Off and get to Work Faster than Driving?
- I Won’t Take Care of my Grandchildren — Some Call me Selfish but I Don’t Care
- ‘You’re not Welcome here’: Australia’s Treatment of Disabled Migrants