Social media ‘link’ to young women’s mental health
The start of last decade saw the beginning of two things – the rapid rise of social media platforms like Snapchat and Instagram, and the rapid fall in the mental health of young women. Coincidence?
Stephen Lunn
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‘Green shoots’ in cutting runaway NDIS costs
Has the agency running the $42bn National Disability Insurance Scheme kicked the cost can down the road by doing fewer plan reassessments in the last quarter?
100,000 teens will still be at home in their 40s
What type of household will you be in a generation from now? Living with kids or empty-nesting? Living alone, or, heaven forbid, still at home with mum and dad in your 40s? The Australian Bureau of Statistics has the answers.
NDIS pricing ‘a kick in the guts’
New prices for NDIS supports will push some service providers to the brink, advocates warn.
Meter ticking on NDIS cost delay
Bill Shorten is not happy that reforms to the NDIS have been put on hold by the Coalition and the Greens. His new cost tracker will tick up by $1m every hour until the legislation passes.
Delay ‘to cost the NDIS $1m per hour’
New NDIS legislation must be introduced to ensure the scheme pays only for disability-related supports, Bill Shorten says, pointing to previous claims for washing machines, bird seed and even crystal therapy.
Childcare access ‘should not have to depend on postcodes’
Too many Australian children were missing out on childcare due to where they live or their parents’ socio-economic status, leading child health advocate Fiona Stanley says.
Men ‘clueless’ about being housework-shy
One in three Australian mothers with kids living at home are dissatisfied with who does what around the house, but only eight per cent of dads have the same view. How does your household compare?
Female bureaucrats short-changed on pay
Think working in the public service guarantees gender pay equality? Think again.
Bureau to keep tabs on violence
Data on perpetrators of family, domestic and sexual violence and their interaction with the justice system will be collated and tracked in a new database co-ordinated through the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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