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School children in Victoria's north-west learn valuable water skills in the Murray River, Australia's worst drowning blackspot.
Topics: community-education, children, mildura-3500
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Topics: community-education, education, water, children, swimming, surf-life-saving, mildura-3500
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Topics: community-education, education, water, children, swimming, surf-life-saving, mildura-3500
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Topics: community-education, education, water, children, swimming, surf-life-saving, mildura-3500
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Last year children spent an average of 12 hours a week online, compared to 10.5 hours spent in front of the TV, according to a survey of Australian kids aged six to 13.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, internet-culture, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, television, social-media, children, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedOne of Australia's most senior child protection bureaucrats expresses concern with the way governments monitor incidents of child abuse within religious institutions.
Topics: child-abuse, children, nsw
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Samuel Koschel was born with only one good ear and is spending the year learning classroom and social skills for his transition into a mainstream school.
Topics: hearing, education, child-health-and-behaviour, children, schools, primary-schools, ear-nose-and-throat-disorders, sydney-2000
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Michael Gunner rejects calls to prohibit police from use tasers against children, saying officers should not be held back from carrying out their duty.
Topics: police, children, crime, courts-and-trials, youth, palmerston-0830
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Thailand's national Children's Day has come to represent a celebration of the country's military, but not everyone is on board.
Topics: children, defence-forces, thailand
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| UpdatedThe use of tasers on children should be eliminated, the National Children's Commissioner says, after seeing footage obtained by the ABC that shows an unarmed 12-year-old boy tasered by Northern Territory Police.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, police, community-and-society, children, nt
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| UpdatedIf Queensland students are hoping for a heat-induced early departure on hot school days, they may be a little disappointed.
Topics: weather, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, community-and-society, children, education, government-and-politics, toowoomba-4350, st-george-4487
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For many parents dealing with children's foibles and independent teenagers, no meal can be quite as difficult as the humble school lunch.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, children, adolescent-health, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA five-year-old boy who started shearing his teddies aged two is now shearing lambs and has his future career mapped out.
Topics: wool, rural-youth, rural, human-interest, offbeat, community-and-society, children, family-and-children, culcairn-2660, wagga-wagga-2650
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| UpdatedAn Adelaide kindy sent home a note asking a child's parents to pack healthier food. The mother should pack two slices tomorrow, writes Melinda Tankard Reist.
Topics: children, parenting, preschool, primary, child-health-and-behaviour, australia
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The Federal Government abandons its cuts to the Child Dental Benefit Scheme amid fierce criticism from dentists' groups.
Topics: dental, government-and-politics, federal-government, health, children, australia
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| UpdatedSchool camps can provide great experiences for both students and teachers, particularly when it comes to relationship building.
Topics: children, schools, teachers, education, canberra-2600
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Children with suspected disabilities wait up to a year for a diagnosis in parts of Sydney, leaving parents at "breaking point" and doctors accusing the NSW Government of dropping the ball.
Topics: disabilities, children, family-and-children, community-and-society, child-health-and-behaviour, sydney-2000, campbelltown-2560
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| UpdatedTeachers are leaving the profession in significant numbers, disrupting school communities and impairing student learning. So why aren't we tracking the reasons why they leave?
Topics: teachers, children, primary, professional-development, schools, australia
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Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, fashion, children, lifestyle, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedThe Melbourne mum who turned her son's spelt pancakes into a lion is inspiring other parents to prepare healthy "food sculptures" and starting a career in food styling.
Topics: food-and-cooking, children, diet-and-nutrition, visual-art, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA judge hits out at the New South Wales Department of Education for allowing a special needs child, accused of raping a classmate, to be interrogated by a principal without a parent present.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, schools, sexual-offences, children, disabilities, newcastle-2300, nsw
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| UpdatedBack to school for one remote principal involves coordinating nine schools across multiple time zones over an area as big at the United Kingdom.
Topics: regional, aboriginal, aboriginal-language, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, education, access-to-education, community-and-society, children, primary-schools, indigenous-culture, kalgoorlie-6430, alice-springs-0870
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Rapid economic, social, technological and cultural changes have generated new pressures and possibilities for education systems – and the people who work in them.
Topics: schools, states-and-territories, educational-resources, teachers, parenting, children, australia
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| UpdatedChildren often beg and plead for the coolest brand name backpack at the start of the school year, but parents should consider more than just appearance before they buy one.
Topics: back-pain, child-health-and-behaviour, schools, children, canberra-2600