This policy brief explores both the benefits and risks to young people’s mental health associated with smartphone and social media use, and discusses the ways in which to harness the positive aspects of the digital environment while averting or minimising the potential mental health harms associated with the online world among young Australians.

This is the second tracking report for the NSW Strategic Plan for Children and Young People, measuring changes in children and young people’s perceptions on key issues that impacted them throughout 2023.

This paper highlights the impact of positive peer relationships on the mental health, wellbeing and development of children aged 8-14. It also outlines how practitioners working with young people might support positive peer relationships.

Disaster Relief Australia (DRA) is a veteran-led, not-for-profit organisation. The DRA Wellbeing Study is an independent scientific study that investigates whether service in DRA can lead to psychological and psychosocial health benefits for the volunteers.

The New Zealand Government spends about $2 billion annually on mental health services. In the 2019 Wellbeing Budget, young people were one of the groups the government’s $1.9 billion investment into mental health and well-being focused on. This audit was conducted to discover if New Zealand Government spending was making a difference for young people...