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Presents news briefs on youth issues in Australia as of December 1, 2003. Findings of a study by Sweeney Research on young adults' attitude toward their relationship with their parents; Increase in cases of child abuse and neglect in 2001 to 2002; Effect of early employment on school leavers.

Presents a national roundup of press reports on youth issues in Australia as of September 2003. Results of a series of YouthSCAN surveys by Quantum Market Research involving Australian youths; Rise in violent student behavior against teachers in Western Australia; Status of the child protection system in Victoria according to a draft report.

Presents news on issues related to youth in Australia as of December 2002. Correlation of racial intolerance and age; Failure of Australia's education system to counter bullying; Link between crime and high rates of long-term unemployment; Impact of the aging of Australia's population on its social policy.

Presents an update on youth issues in Australia as of June 2002. Approach to stopping bullying in schools; Provisions of proposed amendments to Queensland's Juvenile Justice Act; Effect of marijuana on the mental health of young women; Drop in the number of Australian school children taking up cigarette smoking.

Presents news on issues related to youth in Australia as of December 2001. Findings of a research on bullying among children over the Internet; Concerns of students in drug abuse; Number of obese children.

Provides a roundup of press reports on youth issues as of June 1998 in Australia. Surveys on attitudes and opinions of young people in Australia; Conferences on child abuse and protection; Information on the health of young people in Australia.

Presents updates on smoking and drug use among teenagers in Australia as of March 2001. Estimates of the Queensland Cancer Fund on the number of teenage smokers in Queensland; Reaction of the Australian Capital Territory government and anti-smoking groups to the anti-smoking campaign of Philip Morris which is aimed for the youth; Information on the increasing use of amphetamines in Queensland, according to the Queensland Crime Commission.

Discusses several issues on marriage and family life in Australia. Increase in divorce rate in 2000; Effects of the legislation which promotes parental contact of children with their divorced parents; Information on single-parent upbringing.

Reports on income and expenditure of youth in Australia. Belief of 60% of 15-25 year olds respondents of a survey by the New South Wales Office of Fair Trading that debt was only slightly less problematic than alcohol and a par with drugs; Increase in the number of full-time undergraduates who were in paid employment.

Offers news briefs on traffic deaths involving youth in Australia as of March 2006. Death of 31 children from driveway accidents in 1996-2003 according to the findings of the New South Wales Commissioner for Children and Young People; Over-representation of young drivers in road deaths in Victoria.

Offers news briefs on youth employment in Australia as of March 2006. Findings of a report published by the Australian Council for Educational Research about the job satisfaction of young people; Difficulty for teenage females in finding work than teenage males despite outperforming them at school; Involvement of 40% young people aged 12-16 in regular work according to the New South Wales Commission for Children and Young People.

Offers news briefs on youth development as of March 2006. Findings of a study published in "Sleep" that the pressure to sleep of children slows as they mature; Belief of author and psychologist Andrew Fuller that the traditional approach to education of middle school students is unsuited to the way teenager's brains develop; Possibility that breakdown of relationships of children with parents reduces the capacity of children to recognize facial expression.

Offers news briefs on crime and justice involving youth in Australia as of March 2006. Involvement of mostly male teenagers in car thefts according to researcher Clive Williams of the Queensland University of Technology; Detention of 10% young people who are parents in correctional facilities.

Provides an update on education and training in Australia as of June 2005. Reason of the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training for endorsing an Australian Certificate of Education; Views of parents on the homework for students; Criticism raised by Peter Vardy of the University of London on the nine values that the Australian schools will study in 2005.

Presents news briefs on employment and youth in Australia as of June 2005. Solution of Prime Minister John Howard to the growing shortage of skilled workers; Decline in apprenticeships in traditional trades; Growth of full-time jobs in Australia.

Deals with the teenage pregnancies in rural Australia. Number of teenage pregnancies in New South Wales in 2002; Ratio of teenage pregnancy among teenage girls who are living in cities; Reason for the high rate of teenage pregnancy in rural areas.

Presents news briefs on health and safety of youth in Australia as of June 2005. Expansion of child vaccination by the federal government; Estimated number of young people who are infected with chlamydia; Health hazard of obesity to teenagers.

Presents the findings of the report "Adolescent Gambling in the ACT," released by the Australian National University's Centre for Gambling Research. Percentage of young people in Canberra who gambled annually and weekly; Forms of gambling that are popular among young people; Consequence of gambling at an early age.

Presents news briefs on bullying and violence in Australia as of June 2005. Results of a research conducted by the University of South Australia to study the abuse of female teachers by students; Information on the anti-bullying campaign ran by the state government of New South Wales and the "Daily Telegraph" publication; Details on the anti-bullying program of Lockleys North, a South Australian primary school.

Presents news briefs on child abuse and protection published in several newspapers as of June 2005. Results of the "Childhood Abused" study jointly released by Alannah and Madeline Foundation and La Trobe University in April 2005; Information on the position created by the Australian Capital Territory for children and young people; Purpose of the Australian police department for planning to create a national library of child abuse images.

Provides an overview of articles related to Australian youth services that were published in various Australian newspapers as of June 1, 2004. Research on the inclination of children from welfare-dependent families to rely on income support as adults; Increase in the number of children placed in child care services from 1999-2002; Cancellation of a government advertising campaign designed to assist young people in, or at risk of violent relationships.

Provides overview of articles on family issues affecting Australian youth that were published in Australian newspapers as of June 1, 2004. Shortfall between government support for families and the real cost of raising children; Decline in the popularity of marriage between 1993 and 2002; Etiquettes associated with divorce and separation.

Presents an overview of the article on schoolchildren gambling in South Australia that was published in the April issues of several Australian newspapers.

Presents an overview of a research on the motivation of children for work or further study, published in the March 25, 2004 issue of "Sydney Morning Herald" and "West Australian."

Presents overview of articles related to the income and expenditures of Australian youth that were published in various Australian newspapers as of June 1, 2004. Education initiative promoted by the government to improve the financial literacy of the population; Growth of demand for food parcels and food vouchers in Melbourne; Struggle of students in Canberra to attend classes due to poverty.

Presents overview of articles related to the health and safety of Australian youth that were published in Australian newspapers as of June 1, 2004. Increase in the prescriptions for amphetamine-based drug dexamphetamine; Launch of Strattera, a medication for children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorders; Recommendation of international health authorities to monitor young people on anti-depressant medication for suicidal thoughts.

Provides an overview of an article on proposed disciplinary procedures on bullying through text messages and electronic mail for government schools in New South Wales featured in the March 5, 2004 issue of "Canberra Times."

Presents the views of Patrick McClure, chief executive of the welfare organization Mission Australia, on poverty in Australia and the means of alleviating it. Scope of poverty; Importance of a national early-intervention program to help disadvantaged families and tackle child poverty and social isolation; Aim of the Job Placement and Training program.

Focuses on the status of education in Australia. Percentage of Australian teenagers who attend private secondary schools; Response of parents to the comment from Australian Prime Minister John Howard on why parents decided to remove their children from government schools; Details of the observations made by professor Tony Vinson, honorary professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, on the public's perception towards the educational system of Australia.

Focuses on alcohol use, smoking and drug use among the Australian youth. Percentage of young people who drink alcoholic sodas at least once a week according to the study report commissioned by the Australian Divisions of General Practice; Number of young smokers in West Australia; Shift in attitudes to cannabis among young people.

Focuses on youth-related crimes and policies in Australia. Percentage of children who are in juvenile detention; Method that might help keep children out of the juvenile justice system according to Pamela Snow, senior lecturer in public health at La Trobe University; Crime prevention methods used by some schools in Victoria to prevent and combat school crimes; Types of school crimes being committed by young people.

Presents an update on driving among young people in Australia as of March 2003. Aim of a research project on dangerous driving among young people; Survey results on the behavior of young drivers.

Reports that Bill Loveday, president of Bicycle Queensland urges children to walk or to cycle to school for safety and health purposes. Dangers associated with adult drivers delivering or collecting children during school days; Exercise opportunity of walking or cycling to and from school.

Highlights street survey results on alcohol drinking among teenagers in Australia. Average expenditures on alcoholic drinks; Alcohol consumption rate between respondents from English-speaking backgrounds and those from non-English-speaking backgrounds; Various alcohol preference of the drinkers.

Announces that researchers in New South Wales have been using brain technology to show changes produced by long-term cannabis use that mirror those of schizophrenia. Comments from Martin Cohen of the Hunter Centre for Mental Health Studies; Brain function impairment observed in chronic cannabis users.

Reports on the direct link between maltreatment of children and juvenile offending according to research by the Australian Institute of Criminology. Number of children considered in the study; Percentage of maltreated children who became juvenile offenders; Factors that safeguarded maltreated children.

Looks at results of a survey conducted by Clemenger BBDO on things that worries Australians. Key concerns of survey respondents; Influence of the Bali, Indonesia bombings on survey results; Issues included in the top five concerns of Australians.

Reports that the New South Wales Government is planning a specialized Aboriginal school focusing on indigenous culture as part of the `Building the Future' program.

Presents updates on health in Australia as of June 2001. Percentage of Australian adolescents that had depressive disorders; Prescription of anti-depressant drugs for the treatment of depression in some adolescents and teenagers; Details on a study by the Griffith University on the alcohol abuse of teenage girls with bulimia.

Reports on the abortion rate for teenagers in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) from 1999 to 2000. Abortions per live birth among women under 20 years of age; Comments from ACT Right to Life Association's spokeswoman Mary Joseph on the abortion rate.

Presents education-related news briefs in Australia as of June 2001. Details on a survey by the Australian Government Primary Principals Association on principals and deputy principals; Results of the Australian Council for Educational Research's study `Patterns of Participation in Year 12 and Higher Education in Australia: Trends and Issues'; National averages of school retention rates in 2000 in Victoria.

Discusses the report `Young Australians Reading: From Keen to Reluctant Readers' from the Australian Centre for Youth Literature. Percentage of primary school students who do reading for pleasure every few days and who keep up the habit.

Presents news briefs on bullying and teenage violence in Australia as of June 2001. Results of the `Young Australians and Domestic Violence' survey from the Australian Institute of Criminology; Details on bullying among school students in Australia; Details on a Curtin University study which revealed that violent high school students had suffered the loss of, or separation from, a family member.

Presents updates on children welfare services in Australia as of March 2001. Information on the volume of calls received by the national counselling service Kids Help Line from children with non-English-speaking background who had sought counselling; Details on the migration of youth from Tasmania for career opportunities.

Reports on the plan of mobile telephone companies to target the youth market in Australia for future sales. Price status of mobile telephones in Australia; Reason for not encouraging parents to buy mobile telephones for their children; Benefit of mobile telephones to parents and their children.

Presents updates on teenagers and families in Australia as of March 2001. Details on the long-term studies on the lives of young children in Australia; Participation of Australia in the international network run by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children in the United States; Findings of the Council of Economic Advisers' study on the effect of family dinner on teenagers' social being.

Provides updates on child abuse and protection issues in Australia as of March 2001. Failure of mandatory reporting of child abuse to improve the child-protection system in Victoria; Details on the parliamentary inquiry held by the Victorian Public Accounts and Estimates Committee; Implementation of the child protection legislation in New South Wales on December 18, 2000.

Presents health-related issues in Australia as of December 2000. Issuance of Medicare cards to all 15-year olds; Results of a study on the effects of daily activities on the arteries of children; How irregular eating habits of mothers affect the health of their children.

Presents several issues on indigenous youth in Australia. Actions taken by the federal government to curb petrol sniffing among young Aborigines; Education problems of children in the remote desert community of Western Australia; Percentage of juveniles incarcerated under Western Australia's mandatory sentencing laws,.

Deals with several issues on employment in Australia. Information on a study released by the Dusseldorp Skills Foundation concerning the Job Pathways Program for students; Details on the workplace training plans of New South Wales Education Minister John Aquilina; Percentage of teenagers in Australia who were neither in full-time work nor in school.