Labor promised a new committee of 15 young people to guide policy. So who gets picked, and how?
ShutterstockThe federal government has announced Anne Aly is Australia’s new minister for youth. This will restore youth consultation to government...
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Sendit, Yolo, NGL: anonymous social apps are taking over once more, but they aren’t without risks
ShutterstockHave you ever told a stranger a secret about yourself online? Did you feel a certain kind of freedom doing...
From full-day learning to 30 minutes daily: The effects of school closures on kindergarteners
Ongoing monitoring of students in early grades will be important to identify how missing out on in-person classes has affected...
Enforcing adult chaperones of teens at Splendour in the Grass actually undermines public health
Krists Luhaers/UnsplashOn Monday night, Splendour in the Grass, an annual three-day music festival in Byron, New South Wales, posted to...
Healthy eating: children think their peers eat more unhealthy snacks than they actually do – changing this perception can lead to better diets
Stock_Good/ShutterstockObesity is a growing problem among young people in the UK. In 2020-21, 40.9% of year six children (age 10-11)...
Hope from despair: how young people are taking action to make things better
Hope as a stubborn desire. Onkundi Nyabuto | Unsplash, FALAll too often, hope is equated to a desire for something...
The impact of Christian purity culture is still being felt – including in Britain
fizkes/ShutterstockIn the 1990s and 2000s, a Christian movement now known as “purity culture” reached its height. Purity culture was most...
Relax, it’s just a ringlight for kids. Toys like the ‘vlogger set’ prepare them for a digital world
ShutterstockRecent outrage surrounding a young children’s toy “vlogger” set echoes moral panics of the past, particularly when words such as...
What trade unions do and what joining one means
Union membership among young workers today is incredibly low. Industrial action scholars speak of a worldwide trend towards the so-called...
Levelling up: why Netflix and TikTok are turning to gaming to secure their future
CC BY-SAThe streaming wars are heating up. In March, Disney delayed the release date of Obi-Wan Kenobi to May 27...
