Young People

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Business & Economics

Australia’s young people are getting lonelier

Younger Australians are more likely than their parents or grandparents to feel alone in the world, finds the annual HILDA survey

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Business & Economics

Vaping is ‘a young person phenomenon’ in Australia

For the first time, the annual HILDA survey has explored who is using vapes and e-cigarettes. And it’s Australia’s young people getting hooked

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Business & Economics

More Australian adult children are living with their parents longer

Australian parents are waiting longer for an empty nest as their adult children are living under the same roof for longer, finds the annual HILDA survey

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Education

Talking to young people about the Voice

Explaining a referendum on constitutional law to young people can seem a tall order, but they already have a good knowledge of the world around them

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Health & Medicine

The mental health of young African Australians

Young African Australians facing mental health issues need culturally appropriate support to fulfil their potential

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Politics & Society

Australia’s courts and gender dysphoria

Australia’s Family Court continues to oversee the treatment for children experiencing gender dysphoria in some cases, but is there a better alternative?

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Health & Medicine

How our brain’s sensorimotor processing areas could flag psychosis risk

Brain markers of sensory and motor function reflect disturbances in early development that can increase the risk of later psychosis

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Health & Medicine

The betrayal of our young

COP26 is a chance to listen to our young people on climate change, but given recent trends, it may just mean empty words, according to one father and daughter

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Politics & Society

Australia’s Gen Y democracy gap

New research finds there’s democracy gap for young Australian adults, with a distrust of traditional politics but a focus on civic mindedness

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Politics & Society

Why South Korea’s young men are turning conservative

As South Korean society changes, the internet is playing a key role in spreading a new wave of right-wing conservatism among the country’s young men

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