Health & Safety

Research shows somewhere between 7% and 45% of children suffer depression after experiencing a natural disaster.

WorkSafe found several compliance issues with hazardous substance regulations in several schools in WA. When news broke of this earlier in the semester, WA primary schools were put on notice about 'worrying levels' of workplace safety issues. It was a timely reminder for all Australian schools to make sure they are compliant.  

As of Wednesday, approximately 154 schools remain non-operational in fire-affected areas. 

Many Australian students don’t know the difference between banter and bullying, with some saying they joke about wishing their friend would “drown” or “die in a car crash”.

More than a quarter of students in years 4 to year 9 in South Australian schools and more than a third of all employees in Australia have been bullied at some time.

To find out what schools should be doing, we spoke to Cancer Council CEO and professor Sanchia Aranda, a high school principal, one former teen vaper and a couple of education experts.

The Victorian Government is investing $12.4 million to deliver the resources schools need to securely store student mobile phones, ahead of the state-wide school ban starting next year.

At a time when Australia holds the number two spot in the world for cyber bullying (dropping down from number one last year), John Marsden’s recent commentary in relation to bullying is considerably disturbing.

Only 35% of children aged five to 12 and 20 percent of children aged 13 to 17 meet the sedentary screen-based behaviour guideline.

When implementing a school sun protection policy, schools are encouraged to consider shade as part of a suite of sun safety tools.