Collection: School Resource

The Australia-China bilateral relationship is mostly based on substantial trade ties. China's repeated use of trade sanctions against Australia risks the relationship being undermined by damaging political interference. What are the grievances and points of difference between these two countries?...

A recent royal commission has exposed gaps in Australia's readiness for natural disasters, especially climate change-fuelled, weather-driven natural hazards like bushfires and floods. What can we do at a government, emergency services, community and personal level to protect ourselves, develop re...

Fresh water is our most precious resource; its scarcity is one of our greatest threats. The recent drought in Eastern Australia where Sydney experienced severe drought, while towns across New South Wales and Queensland ran out of drinking water, demonstrates our exposure to water scarcity. A rece...

Gender, sex and sexuality are separate, distinct parts of people's overall identity, and are not always obvious or easy concepts to understand. Sexuality is about how you see and express yourself romantically and sexually. Gender refers to an internal sense of identity, while sex refers to the id...

Recent advances in technology have revolutionised how we all connect and communicate, so what does the future of transport look like? Transport is the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia, a country with a heavy reliance on fossil-fuelled cars and road freight. Technolog...

Body image entails a person's perception of their physical self and the positive and negative thoughts and feelings which result from that perception. Body dissatisfaction can be influenced by a complex interaction of factors ranging between individual thoughts, beliefs, feelings and behaviours r...

In recent years Australia's treatment of asylum seekers has been under a spotlight. What is the experience of asylum seekers and refugees in Australia? Does Australia fully comply with its international obligations under the Refugee Convention, including humane reception conditions and a fair, ef...

Indigenous Australians people have endured a history of colonisation that has profoundly affected their health and wellbeing. For First Nations people, good health goes beyond the absence of disease and illness; it is a holistic concept that includes physical, social, emotional, cultural and spir...

The concept of a 'traditional nuclear family' has been changing in recent decades. Trends in divorce and remarriage have contributed to more one-parent and re-partnered parent families, while the number of couple families in Australia without children is projected to overtake couple families with...

Young Australians are disproportionately vulnerable to experiencing self-harm and suicide. Self-harm, or self-injury, is often done in secret and is most common in young people aged 11-25 years as a means of trying to cope. This title explores risk factors, wraning signs and responses to self-har...