This paper describes what good practice looks like in community-based group counselling for building resilience in children and young people. It defines resilience as a dynamic process that draws on personal as well as external resources, and outlines how successful interventions enhance those resources.

This report highlights the impact of extreme heat, fuelled by climate change, on Australian families. It presents survey findings that show widespread parental concern, and calls for urgent action from elected leaders to phase out fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy, emphasizing that climate change is a major electoral concern for parents.

This report examines the evidence that social capital acts as a protective shield for children, families and communities under stress and makes the case that government should increase activities that strengthen social capital and networks to support families to stay safely together. It identifies four mechanisms to strengthen social capital to support families.

The report draws on insights of successfully implemented child and youth wellbeing strategies – offering lessons to strengthen policy and ensure more effective approaches to improve wellbeing in children and young people. It identifies three key ways that strategies have improved government ways of working and offers three recommendations for how government policy can enhance...

A survey exploring young Australians' attitudes to gender, sex, relationships and pornography finds that young people are accessing pornographic material earlier than previously reported, and that early exposure can have significant negative impacts. The report recommends measures governments can take to reduce harm to children and young people.