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While the age of consent to sexual activity is 16 in NSW, naked or semi-naked pictures of those under the age of 18 can be defined legally as child pornography, even when those who produce the images are also under the age of 18. Legal cases in Australia and overseas have highlighted the risks to [...]
Here are 10 things you definitely don’t want to say, a collection of the gems that I heard when well-intentioned people opened their mouths and said something really stupid to me the two years I was in sorry shape. 1. It’s all in your head. You need to think positive. While optimism is [...]
Recently released government figures show levels of childhood vaccination have fallen to dangerously low levels in some areas of Australia, resulting in some corners of the media claiming re-ignition of “the vaccine debate”. Well, scientifically, there’s no debate. In combination with clean water and sanitation, vaccines are one of the most effective public health measures [...]
"We need to raise awareness that yes, female athletes do get concussions," she said. "Too often, when we speak with parents and coaches, they overlook the fact that in comparable sports, females are concussed more than males." Coupled with the fact that high school athletes take longer to recover than collegiate athletes, Covassin said the [...]
A new study led by Malena Ivarsson from the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden) comes to the conclusion that teens who have been overexposed to violent content may become desensitized to it. via Research: Frequent Exposure to Violent Games May Have 'Desensitizing Effect' | GamePolitics.
You may be more than a single number, according to a team of Western-led researchers. Considered a standard gauge of intelligence, an intelligence quotient (IQ) score doesn't actually provide an accurate measure of one's intellect, according to a landmark study. via Debunking the IQ myth.
After an extremely successful season at Adelaide Fringe in March this year, Louiza Hebhardt (Director EQUILIBRIUM Counselling, Training, and Consulting) will be bringing the documentary 'Miss Representation' to Sydney for a one off exclusive screening on Thursday 16 May. "Miss Representation" first screened at Sundance Film Festival in 2011 and has aired on Oprah Winfrey [...]
Girlfriend trifecta – three positive reviews and big ticks for global perspective in May issue My last two reviews (‘Excellent advice on helping a friend with an eating disorder and dealing with stalking’, ‘Pressures to sext and give oral sex’) have been almost entirely positive. That’s pretty unusual. The May issue makes this a trifecta. Whenever [...]
Last Friday I spent the day at the Student Wellbeing Action Network (SWAN) Symposium co-hosted by Wellbeing Australia and the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY). The day brought together policy makers, researchers, practitioners, teachers and – most importantly for me – students to talk about how approaches to wellbeing can be [...]
I have always loved the movie ‘The Matrix’. I watched it again recently with my daughter Meaghan, and I can’t help but be struck by the parallels of the situation that Neo, Morpheus and their allies find themselves in the movie, with the circumstances of a growing number of people who are fighting passionately for [...]
