New juvenile detention report
A report titled 'Juvenile detention population in Australia 2011', released yesterday by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, shows that rates of detention of Indigenous youth have dropped slightly, although Aboriginal people are still grossly overrepresented in juvenile detention. Original article
10 Feb 2012
18-year-old males most likely to commit crime
Figures released by Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday show that 18-year-old males are more likely to commit a crime than people of any other age or gender, and the proportion of 18-year olds committing a crime is increasing slightly each year. Police took action against one-in-ten 18-year-old males in the year to July 2011. Original article
10 Feb 2012
Exercise can undo metabolic effects leading to obesity
A new study shows that exercise can almost completely undo the adverse metabolic effects passed down to children by their obese mothers. Original article
09 Feb 2012
Teens' first sexual activity beginning earlier
09 Feb 2012
Heywire multimedia winners
Heywire and ABC Open have worked with nine Heywire winners from around Australia to produce their multimedia stories, which challenge stereotypes and represent the diversity of regional Australia. Original article
09 Feb 2012