This is an index to archived YANQ Discussion Papers, Submissions, Reports including Annual Reports, Publications published prior to availability of website.

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The prospect of their child becoming a victim of bullying is now the top fear among Australian parents, new research released today says.

The Education Revolution that Australia was promised in the leadup to the last Federal election has been a hot topic at On Line Opinion.  In February alone, 13 articles were published.  Many of them discuss ideas that are relevant to YANQ's own Re-engagement Project.  Follow the links below to read the articles.

Thanks for the ad(d): neoliberalism’s compulsory friendship

By Melissa Gregg
First Posted Friday, 21 September 2007 at On Line Opinion

The Federal Government’s current campaign to filter unseemly Internet content and “protect families online” typifies an established genre of media representation which dismisses social networking sites for their dangerous voyeuristic potential.

What would it mean to understand these sites in a different way? To see the popularity of online friendships and communities as a positive shift, or at least a necessary recompense for a range of social and economic changes taking place in the move to an information economy.

This article in 'First Monday', v.12, n.8, 2007, by Mark E. Kann, Jeff Berry, Connor Gant and Phil Zager, looks at the contributions of American youth to online worlds, and how that participation functions as possible gateways to increased political participation.

The Autumn 2007 Newsletter of Kids Helpline focuses on domestic violence and Internet safety.

Kids Help Line Newsletter Autumn 2007 (pdf, 306.21 kb).