NEWS: National Youth Week turns 20

National Youth Week (NYW), the largest celebration of young people in Australia, had nearly 2500 high schools and 200 universities and TAFEs joining in the celebrations from April 5th to 13th. Bonita Silva takes a look at its importance in the lives of young people, being the 20th anniversary of Youth Week held in NSW.

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OPINION:To Whale or Not To Whale

There's no end of debate on the subject of commercial whaling, with an ongoing disagreement between Australia and Japan. While it's taken for granted that the practice is inherently bad, LUCY MCGOWAN has some big questions about what's what in this heated issue.

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The Cost of Coercion: World Youth Day 2008

FEATURE: 500,000 pilgrims at a cost of $150m to the taxpayer alone. National Editor Tim Grey hears from a few people who aren't so keen on the Catholic Church's World Youth Day.

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Teachers to Stop Work over Staffing Procedures

NEWS: Teachers are gearing up for a round of strikes and stop works over some controversial new legislation limiting which schools staff can transfer to. Mary Joseph speaks to those involved.

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Too Young To Be Sexy

FEATURE: Are padded bras, explicit t-shirts and pole-dancing kits appropriate for kids? Yasmine Fathy investigates the debate over the sexualisation of children with the launch of a new Senate Inquiry, as the issue reaches a peak.

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NEWS: Earth Hour goes global

Earth hour is fast approaching and it’s time for everyone to go green just for one hour! This Saturday, the 29th of March at precisely 8pm, 24 cities all over the world will turn their lights off to make a powerful statement about the greatest contributor to global warming – electricity. Sascha Ryner examines the effect of the now global event.

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Violence Against Women - What Does Australia Really Say?

We've all seen the ads, but are they really making a difference? Sascha Ryner sets out to see.

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Getting Heard - Youth Poll 2008

Lucy Birchley speaks to outgoing Australian Democrats Senator and the youngest woman to ever enter parliament, Natasha Stott Despoja, about getting the voice of young people where it counts.

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The Northern Territory Intervention: The jury's still out

It’s been eight months since the government launched its intervention in the Northern Territory, but the controversy remains after questions by the Democrats raise doubts about its effectiveness so far, writes Yasmine Fathy.

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The Australian Spice Girls Party?

Elliott tells you what the discography The Spice Girls has to do with Australian politics. Well here's the story from A to Z, listen carefully...

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FEATURE: Pregnancy support line not very supportive

The pregnancy support hotline introduced a little under a year ago by the Federal Government, has been called a number of names, none of them positive.

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What's In A Word

In the 11 weeks Kevin Rudd has spent as Prime Minister, he has done that which John Howard spent 11 years actively trying not to do. He uttered the word ‘sorry’.

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'Sorry'

A pivotal day for Australian history watched by young and old as Kevin Rudd and others made their speeches of apology...is this the real deal and is this truly a new beginning?

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Cleaning Up Our Act

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has done a lot in the three months he has been in office. One of the first things Rudd ticked off his to-do list was to guarantee that the combat troops in Iraq would finally be coming home in mid-2008. He then made the brave but well overdue move to apologise to the stolen generation for the losses they endured at the hands of previous governments.

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Such a Simple Word

A step in the right direction.

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Christmas List by Rachel Beaney