Youth crime is a hot-button issue across Australia, but figuring out just how big a problem it is and what can be done to ...

Offering millions of books, free internet access and everything from craft clubs to storytelling dogs, libraries are an ...

The data showed children aged up to 14 paid a median $500 to participate in sport and a mean of $1065. For children aged 15 ...

South Australian public schools have collectively spent as much as $2m a year on security guards to patrol campuses, it can be revealed.

The lead homicide detective on the mushroom case told court that a year’s worth of mobile phone location tracking would have ...

Designed to look and feel like real cats, the MetaCats purr, meow, and even respond to touch and voice with heart-shaped LED ...

Another domino in embattled billionaire Sanjeev Gupta’s steel empire has fallen over, with administrators seizing control of ...

The nation’s largest school-based mentoring program is looking to further expand in a bid to address spiralling rates of depression, anxiety and aggressive outbursts in primary schools.

There is no doubt selective schools are a problem and NSW has fallen into a trap avoided by other states. Finding workable ...

More than one in 10 kids is on medication for ADHD, depression, anxiety, or another mental health condition in parts of ...

Ali survived the Boxing Day tsunami and a bombing attack. When a machete brawl broke out on Sunday, he sprang into action.

A primary reason is safety, a serious concern as the number of kids who experience school shootings firsthand has more than doubled since the 1999 Columbine shooting. Parents also want to ...