The ‘Bring Your Own Device’ program in NSW primary schools is negatively affecting student literacy skills, social capacity, attention span and productivity, as well as disrupting the lesson time and flow for teachers.
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Young people are not taught enough about sexually transmitted diseases in high school
By: Nicole Chen As the level of STIs in young Australians continues to rise, it raises many questions as to whether students are being taught enough about sexual health in school. Young Australians are not given enough sexual health education in high school as numbers of STIs in adolescents continue to rise throughout the country. […]
‘All’s wool that ends wool’ for the farmers exporting live sheep, but for the animals themselves, it’s far from a ‘ewe-topia’.
The exporting of live sheep is a divisive issue that has many caught between wanting Aussie farmers to make a living, and the ethical treatment of animals. The trade has sent 200 million animals to the Middle East in the past 30 years, and has killed two and a half million of them. In 2009 […]