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Teenage smoking and breast cancer A report published in The Lancet described a link between teenage girls' smoking and their risk of developing breast cancer. Researchers at the British Columbia [...]

A study by Professor Tony Vinson of the University of NSW applied 14 indicators of disadvantage to postcodes across New South Wales. Professor Vinson's report, Community Adversity and Resilience, revealed [...]

A study into children's plans for work or further study, conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research on behalf of the Smith Family (a national charity group), finds that [...]

The Salvation Army in Melbourne reports growing demand from young people for food parcels and food vouchers. The organisation isn't sure what proportion are university students, but believes they are [...]

International health authorities recommend that children and young people on anti-depressant medication should be closely monitored for suicidal thoughts. As the anti-depressant drugs have hot been conclusively clinically tested in [...]

In South Australia, one in six students in Years 10-12 play games such as Keno or buy 'scratchie' tickets. Dr Paul Delfabbro, a psychologist from Adelaide University, surveyed more than [...]

Echoing claims made by the Australian Council of Social Service, the report from the Foundation for Young Australians (details are in 'Aspects', above) said there was a shortfall between government [...]

Under new disciplinary procedures proposed for government schools in New South Wales, verbal abuse through SMS and email could become grounds for student suspension. The new 40-page policy document, Procedures [...]

An Australian specialist has called for more research into the treatment of mentally ill adolescents, saying that the area was neglected in research, which concentrated on adults. Joseph Rey, Professor [...]

In a feature article on the means of alleviating poverty, Patrick McClure, chief executive of the welfare organisation Mission Australia, pointed out that beyond the ordinary controversies over the extent [...]

A report from the Australian Council of Social Services says that as children get older, the gap between rising costs and family and youth payments widens; a teenager costs 1.5 [...]

Many Victorian schools are installing spy cameras and hiring security guards; police and security officers arrest about 20 youths a month for crimes committed at schools. Security guards make up [...]

In a feature article, Professor Tony Vinson, an honorary professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney and chair of a recent independent inquiry [...]

The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, at La Trobe University, has published a report on its national survey in 2002 of 2,388 students in Years 10 and [...]

One in five young Australians are living with mental health problems, and in the 13-17 age group only about 25% are receiving professional help. Depression and anxiety disorders are the [...]

According to a new study by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum (an independent research and policy-development organisation), more than half a million young Australians are at risk of long-term disadvantage because [...]

Patterns of Participation in Year 12, a report from the Australian Council for Educational Research, traced the ways in which background, choice of school, academic ability and gender affect who [...]

Putting to rest the myth that teenagers and young adults rebel against their parents, the 2003 Youth Survey, undertaken on behalf of the Western Australian government, found that family, friends [...]

Professor Susan Sawyer, deputy director of the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, drew attention to the findings of an American study on condom availability [...]

Because of a budget shortfall, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation announced budget cuts of $26.1 million which included ceasing production of World at Noon and the children's current-affairs program Behind the [...]

Domestic violence is a common reason for young women, in particular, needing help to find accommodation. This is one of the findings of a report called Young Homeless People in [...]

Relaxation and positive thinking work better than antidepressant medication in treating troubled teenagers, a Melbourne study has found. The national depression initiative Beyondblue says the findings highlight the need for [...]

Students who leave school early are more likely to have full-time jobs, earn more money and enjoy greater job stability than those who stay on to the end of Year [...]

In the 2003 YouthSCAN survey (for details, see 'Attitudes & opinions', above), 86% of 14-17-year-olds acknowledged having drunk alcohol. This was down 4% since 2001 but it was a much [...]

Researchers from La Trobe University, the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney conducted the biggest-ever national survey of Australian sex attitudes and practices. The federally funded [...]

A nutritionist at Sydney University, Dr Jenny O'Dea, has reported in the British journal Health Education Research on her study of 78 young people aged from 11 to 18 who [...]

Statistics from the Family Court of Australia show that as recently as the mid-1990s, fathers were awarded children's residence (previously called custody) in only 15% of divorce cases. In the [...]

Barriers to Participation: Financial, educational and technological is a research report published by the Smith Family (a charity) about what stops people from getting on in life, and what can [...]

Almost half of those who die in Australia of disease caused by passive smoking are aged under 15, according to a National Drug Strategy study. Of the 224 Australians who [...]

The University of Western Sydney and the NRMA (a motorists' organisation) are researching why young people tend to drive more dangerously than others. Over 400 people aged 25 and under [...]

Bill Loveday, the president of Bicycle Queensland, suggests that encouraging children to walk or cycle to school--or at least to take public transport--could save lives. He points out the daily [...]

A street survey of 187 teenagers, conducted for the Australian Drug Foundation, found that some teenagers were spending more than a third of their income on alcohol. Almost 40% of [...]

Researchers in New South Wales are using sophisticated brain technology to show how far the changes produced by long-term cannabis use mirror those associated with schizophrenia. Dr Martin Cohen, a [...]

Research by the Australian Institute of Criminology shows a direct link between maltreatment of children and juvenile offending. The study, which considered 41,700 children born in Queensland in 1983, found [...]

In a fourth report in its series The Silent Majority, Clemenger BBDO, an advertising agency, compiled results of a survey into what worries contemporary Australians. Protecting children from sex abuse [...]

Social disjunctions Resentments are evident between some children of the rural working poor and newcomers to country areas who are children of the welfare poor, according to an educational sociologist, [...]

Under-age drinking The findings of a new Alcohol Awareness Survey, conducted by Roy Morgan Research and released by the Salvation Army, confirm that teenage drinkers are starting younger and drinking [...]

New Dusseldorp report The Dusseldorp Skills Forum, a training and research organisation, has published a new report, `How Young People Are Faring: Key Indicators 2002'. It reveals that 211,000 young [...]

Federal protection service recommended In a major report called Family Law and Child Protection released by the federal Attorney-General Daryl Williams, the Family Law Council has recommended sweeping changes, including [...]

At a scientific meeting of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Professor Roger Short, of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at Melbourne University, said [...]

Speaking in Hobart at a conference of the Local Government Association of Tasmania, Dr Elaine Stratford, a lecturer in geography and environmental studies at the University of Tasmania, said young [...]

The retail industry is faced with a shortage of talent because it has not actively recruited graduates, and because it has an image problem, according to Michelle Hannen, writing in [...]

The use of high-potency amphetamines is increasing in Australia as a heroin drought continues. Malcolm Hyde, Commissioner of the Australian Bureau of Crime Intelligence, says this is of concern not [...]

The Queensland Ambulance Service's drug unit is responding to increasing calls to revive unconscious teenagers who have been inhaling volatile solvents. A spokeswoman for Drug Arm, Judith Hart, warns that [...]

A new report published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Child Protection Australia 2000-01, shows that reports of child abuse in Australia are growing. Child protection notifications increased [...]

Literacy and numeracy The 2000 National Report on Schooling in Australia from the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs shows that, across the nation as a whole, [...]