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It can be pinpointed that 1 in 12 Australians experience physical abuse before they turn 15, and 1 in 28 are sexually abused, but data gaps mean the perpetrators, victims and frequency of the violence is unknown, the Children’s Rights Commissioner ...

Australia must develop a coherent national strategy on post-school transitions for people with disabilities, a report advocates. The Australian Bureau of Statistics shows 45 per cent of people with a disability in Australia live in or near poverty. The same ...

“Education can change someone’s life.” That's why Mira Lay is volunteering in Indonesia to get street children into the classroom. Lay has been working at Sahabat Anak, a volunteer organisation that gives free informal education, in Jakarta. The Indonesian Government estimates ...

The outgoing captain of Sydney's Ravenswood School for Girls went off-script during her end-of-year address, to criticise its business-like operation. Sarah Haynes said the school attempts to portray an image of perfection to entice parents to enrol their kids. She ...

New research has found it can take young people 10 years to secure full-time work, but through no fault of their own. The Life Patterns study from University of Melbourne’s Youth Research Centre followed a cohort of just under 4000 ...