“Dark marketing” is becoming increasingly common for young people.

Push to lower voting age gives voice to those who shape the future

Sixteen and 17-year-olds can drive,work,enlist in the Australian Defence Force,yet they have no say in their own government. That urgently needs to change.

  • Judith Bessant

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Children and social media

Privacy laws must change to protect kids from social media data harvesting

Contemporary talk about young people and consent focuses on sex. But consent also applies to information about children being gleened by their social media use.

  • Judith Bessant andRys Farthing
Australian money being printed.

Only real change will help us emerge from this economic crisis

Slashing income support,cutting wages,or cutting taxes won’t help Australia recover from this impending depression.

  • Judith Bessant
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg leading a march of thousands of French students through Paris in February.

If students can strike,why shouldn't they have the vote,too?

Young people have cognitive and ethical capacity:they want clarity,they ask insightful questions,make good judgment and are often courageous.

  • Judith Bessant