The fights against infectious disease and anti-vaxxers’ fears VACCINES PREVENT a staggering two to three million deaths per year around the world, yet vocal groups in Australia and internationally continue to cast doubt on their effectiveness. Vaccine hesitancy ranks alongside climate change, pandemic flu and Ebola as one of the top ten threats
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Poor parenting epidemic leading to ’emotionally abused’ kids, John Marsden says
What do you, our readers, think? READ THE FULL STORY: Poor parenting is leading to an epidemic of mental health issues amoung Australian kids, but it is going unnoticed because criticising parents is considered taboo, acclaimed author and school principal John Marsden says. By Patrick Wood, ABC News Breakfast IMAGE: Author and educator John
Byron Bay influencers broadcast a life that is too good to be true — because it is
Mums fashion-brand their children, why?
Friday essay: family as 'brand' – the rise of the digital mumpreneur “TAYLEN HAS BECOME a brand,” says Angelica Calad, the mumpreneur behind the #influencer account #taylensmom. Taylen Biggs, age five, has more than 150,000 followers. In an era of advertising ennui, #influencers like Taylen’s mother can collect more than 3,000
Can promoting beauty unite the nation?
AN OLD FRIEND from the United States, Nick Licata, who remains a citizen activist, sent this essay that also speaks to an increasingly troubled Australia with some ideas worth considering. The subject is America’s yawning political divide now under President Trump, but the civic ideas are universal. It comes from the
Something is missing from the public interest journalism debate
Age staff protesting job cuts earlier this year. (Joe Castro/AAP) By Misha Ketchell, Editor, The Conversation. Why The Bulletin can bring readers a wider range of stories thanks to The Conversation LET'S START WITH a few things on which we can all agree, chief among them that public interest journalism is