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Jenny Young - Should we teach parents about how babies develop rather than how to parent. 

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Jenny Young - Should we teach parents about how babies develop rather than how to parent. 

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2014 reports:

In June 2014, of 3.8 million children aged 0 to 12 years 48% attend child. The proportion of children in long day care from one parent families is 57% compared to couples at 46%. 22% are cared for by grandparents, 14% in long day care.

Australian Bureau of Statistics(ABS)2014, Childhood education and care 2014, cat. no. 4402.0
http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/lookup/4402.0Main+Features1June%202014?OpenDocument

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016 reports:

In 2014, 2,5 million Australians (13%) aged 15 years and over reported experience homelessness at some point in their lives, with more than half of these people (1.4 million) having had an episode of homelessness in the almost 10 years. (3). Overall, males and females were just likely to have experienced homelessness in their lifetime (14% and 13% respectively).
Not a clear picture of homelessness in Australian due to not going around to seek and collect data from rough sleepers; shelters; drop in services etc, but still shocking statistics in a so called developed country.

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2016, Mental Health and Experiences of Homelessness, Australia, 2014, Cat No. 4329.0.00.605, Commonwealth of Australia

http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/714A4580EC82AF4DCA257FB1001EF33F/$File/mental%20health%20and%20experiences%20of%20homelessness,%20australia,%202014.pdf

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that in 2014-2015, 86% of those who accessed the internet at home did so from a mobile or smart phone (ABS, 2016).

A sign of the times perhaps, especially when one considers that there was only an 8% difference between those that used a phone and the 94% that used a laptop or desktop computer (ABS, 2016).

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2016, Household Use of Information Technology 2014-2015, cat. no. 8146.0, viewed 11 February 2018, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/8146.0

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Measuring change in high conservation areas to improve engagement with communities.

In 2012 The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) created international headlines when they reported that coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) had declined by half over the preceding 27 years. AIMS' collated annual coral cover surveys from 2012 to 2015 reveal a more complex situation across the GBR prior to the 2016 mass bleaching. In 2015 cover in the southern and central areas of the GBR had increased by 13.1% and 3.1% (AIMS, 2016) respectively, while coral in the northern areas had declined due to cyclone damage by 4.8%. If this were reported at the whole of GBR scale, we see an overall increase in coral cover of 3.2%. (AIMS, 2016)

Australian Institute of Marine Science 2016, 05 April: Condition of Great Barrier Reef corals before the mass bleaching event in 2016, viewed 11 February 2018, <https://www.aims.gov.au/docs/media/latest-news/-/asset_publisher/EnA5gMcJvXjd/content/05-april-condition-of-great-barrier-reef-corals-before-the-mass-bleaching-event-in-2016>

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More Australians intend to work longer

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the age of intending to retire has edged higher again from July 2016 - June 2017 (ABS, 2017).  Over the previous decade the percentage of employed people 65 years and older has increased from 9% to 13%. In 2016-2017 the most common factors that people cited as reasons for this trend were financial security, personal health and physical abilities.
13% of the people also cited that reaching the eligibility age for an age (or service) pension was also a main factor for their choice.

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2017),
Retirement and Retirement Intentions, Australia 2017,
cat. no. 6238.0, viewed 11 February 2018
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/6238.0Media%20Release1July%202016%20to%20June%202017

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The 2017 Cootamundra by-election had 2723 ballots placed utilising the iVote technology based balloting system. This represented a total of 5.97% of the 45608 total formal ballots recorded.

This represented an increase in uptake of iVote of 1.04% of total ballots from the 2015 State Election in the seat of Cootamundra, where 2323 iVotes from a total of 47615 formal ballots were cast.

The 2017 iVote total showed an increase of 17.22% against total iVotes cast in 2015.

Electoral Commission of NSW (ECNSW) 2017, Legslitative Assembly First Preference Results State Seat of Cootamundra, viewed 11 Feb 2018.
<https://results.elections.nsw.gov.au/SB1702/Cootamundra/Parliamentary/FirstPreferenceVotes.htm>

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Angela Young -BUSINESS USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STATISTICS

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Angela Young -BUSINESS USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STATISTICS

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Just under a third of all businesses (31%) had both a social media and web presence. Social media presence was reported by 38% of all businesses. The most frequently reported use of social media was to develop company image or market products (79%), followed by communicating with customers (70%).

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/8129.0

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Kylie Seabrook - Adolescent internet and social media usage

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Kylie Seabrook - Adolescent internet and social media usage

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Looking at the 15-17 years age group; they have the highest internet use at 99% over all other age groups; highest amount of hours per week at 18 hrs; and most commonly went online to access social networking at 91%.  They are above and beyond other age groups in their internet and social media usage.

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2016, Household Use of Information Technology 2014-2015, cat. no. 8146.0, viewed 10 February 2018, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/8146.0

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Julia Papasidero - Disparity in Juvenile Detention Population

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Julia Papasidero - Disparity in Juvenile Detention Population

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015) reported that 54% of all young people in detention were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Over the 4-year period, the level of over-representation of Indigenous young people in detention increased from 19 to 26 times the rate of non-Indigenous young people.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2015, Youth detention population in Australia, bulletin 131, p.9 viewed 10 February 2018 <https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/c24d5548-c10e-4ce4-b8b3-b6414a8f3bfb/19489_1.pdf.aspx?inline=true>

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The consumption of live TV by US adults in 2016 has decreased, on average, by 7 minutes per day, while viewing on hand held devices has increased by 45% (Nielsen Sports, 2016).

Nielsen Sports 2018, Year In Sports 2016 Media Report, 2017, pp. 6, viewed 9 February 2018
<http://nielsensports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Year-in-Sports-Media-2016-Nielsen.pdf>

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Prominence of Australians using social media

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Prominence of Australians using social media

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Reasons for accessing the internet ABS report:

Internet users were asked to report their participation in selected internet activities in the last 3 months. In 2014–15, the four most popular online activities were: banking (72%); social networking (72%); purchasing goods or services (61%); and entertainment (60%).
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/8146.0

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Michelle Duff - Media Release 2016 : More Australians entering the golden years

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Michelle Duff - Media Release 2016 : More Australians entering the golden years

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The Australian population of 65 years and over has increased in 2016 according to the latest figures by the ABS (ABS, 2016).
South Australia along with Tasmania have a higher proportion of older people and a lower proportion of children and working age population.
The South Australian 65 plus age group in 2016 was 17.8 % percentage of the population.

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2016. 3101.0 Australian Demographic Statistics, Jun 2016 .[online] viewed 6 February 2018

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/3101.0Media%20Release1Jun%202016

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Increase in Catholic and Indepedent school students- Shaileigh Foster

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Increase in Catholic and Indepedent school students- Shaileigh Foster

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The amount of students enrolled into catholic and Independent school combined has increased by approximatly 5.8 percent from 2012 to 2017 compared to goverment schooling which has increased 7.2 percent (ABS, 2017).

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2017, ‘Schools, Australia, 2017’, cat. no. 4221.0, ABS, Canberra.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4221.0

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Global forces – including energy, water and food usage, and tourism

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Global forces – including energy, water and food usage, and tourism

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Australia's net energy supply increased by 5% between 2013-14 and 2014-15. Water usage decrease of just over 7% from 2014-15. Tourism short term visits increased 0.4% during November 2017. Results for agricultural production in 2015-16, wheat production fell by 5 per cent, national meat cattle herd fell by 1 per cent, Barley production increased by 6 per cent and Dairy herds fell by 2 per cent.

According to statistics, the global force that challenges government responsibility the most to ensure sustainability is energy supply.

website. (n.d.). [online] Australia: Australian Bureau of statistics. Available at: http://www.abs.gov.au/ [Accessed 5 Feb. 2018].

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Courtney Micallef-Young: IT usage in Australian Business

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Courtney Micallef-Young: IT usage in Australian Business

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In 2015-2016 it was recorded that large companies were relying on IT usage for over 55% of their marketing and business planning regimes (ABS 2017)

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2017, Business Use of Information Technology 2015-2016, cat no. 8129.0, (Table 3), viewed 5 February 2018, http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/8129.02015-16?OpenDocument

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Natalie Radlmair - Job Automation, Unemployment and the future of Mental Health

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Natalie Radlmair - Job Automation, Unemployment and the future of Mental Health

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The number of employed people working in production industries in Australia has dropped from 46% in 1966 to just 28% in 1996 (ABS, 1997).

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 1997, Australian Social Trends 1997, McLennan, W., viewed 4 February 2018, http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/3105281F7F04C4ACCA25722500049550/$File/41020_1997.pdf

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Cheryl Williss - Women's Employment in Australia

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Cheryl Williss - Women's Employment in Australia

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Sheen (2017, p.5) reports that according to the ABS  women's participation in the Australian labour market stood at 59% in 2016, yet of those employed only 53% worked full-time with 47% in part-time employment.

Sheen, V 2017, 'The implications of Australian women’s precarious employment for the later pension age', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 3-19.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2018, Employment and Unemployment, Labour Force Australia 1978-2017, cat no. 6202.0 (Table 1), viewed 4 February 2018 <http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/6202.0Dec%202017?OpenDocument>

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Generational differences in level of anxiety when unable to check smartphone technologies

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Generational differences in level of anxiety when unable to check smartphone technologies

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In 2017, Pearson and Hussain (2017) conducted a study aiming to prove the use of smartphones aiding in the development of psychological disorders such as narcissism and anxiety. They surveyed 1143 people with 460 male and 683 female, ranging from 18 to 65 years old. The study broke the control group into four generations; iGeneration, Net Generation, Generation X and Baby Boomers in order to assess their level of anxiety when not checking relevant technologies.

A notable finding was that the inability to check text messages, as opposed to social media etc., returned the highest percentage of participants suffering from moderate to high anxiety across iGeneration (44%), Net Generation (41%) and Generation X (23%). The Baby Boomers were relevantly unperturbed with only 9% becoming moderately anxious and 1% becoming highly anxious.

As expected, due to the nature of their evolving environment, the iGeneration and Net Generation consistently displayed a higher percentage of anxiety when unable to check social networks, text messages or cell phone calls. However, the most surprising finding, was that the Baby Boomers had the highest percentage of moderate to high anxiety (14%) when unable to check voicemails in comparison to 5% of iGeneration, 9% of Net Generation and 12% of Generation X.

Pearson C, Hussain Z 2017, ‘Smartphone Use, Addiction, Narcissism, and Personality: A Mixed Methods Investigation’, in Information Resources Management Association (eds), Gaming and Technology Addiction: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, IGI Global, Pennsylvania, pp. 212 - 229, viewed 2 February 2018, https://www-igi-global-com.access.library.unisa.edu.au/gateway/chapter/162520

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Angela Fotiou - Australian Healthcare Access

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Angela Fotiou - Australian Healthcare Access

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In the 2014/2015 period over 90% of the Australian population (91.5%) accessed some form of healthcare service on at least one occasion. Older Australian's were more likely to access healthcare during this time with 96.2% of people aged 65 and over attending a health professional at least once during 2014/2015.

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2017, National Health Survey: Health Service Usage and Health Related Actions, Australia, 2014-2015, cat no. 4364.0.55.002 (graph 1), viewed 30 January 2018

<http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/4364.0.55.002~2014-15~Main%20Features~Consultations%20with%20health%20professionals~2>

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Yamila Alonso - Business Usage of Social Media

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Yamila Alonso - Business Usage of Social Media

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In 2015 -2016, it has been recorded that larger organisation with more than 200 employees had a web presence of 93.6% and smaller organisation had a web presence of 50.1% that's half of all Australians businesses. It has also been recorded that larger organisation with more than 200 employees had an 80.6% social media presence and smaller organisation had a social media presence of 38.2%. Web presence and social media presence has grown significantly compared to previous years.

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2017, Business Use of Information Technology, selected indicators, by employment size -  2013 - 14 to 2015 - 16, cat. no. 8166.0 (Table 2), viewed 26th January 2018,

<http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/8166.02015-16?OpenDocument>.