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EDUCATION

The hidden cost of digital childhood
- Peter Hosking
- 11 December 2024
In a world reshaped by smartphones and social media, Generations Z and Alpha grapple with rising anxiety, diminished attention spans, and the erosion of real-world connections. As governments and parents push for reforms, the challenge is clear: how can technology serve young people’s growth without exploiting their vulnerabilities for profit?
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EDUCATION

Social justice in an ageing society
- Peter Hosking
- 19 September 2016
3 Comments
Australia is now planning for an economy that has more elderly people. Death rates are declining and life expectancy is increasing. Our population should reach 36 to 40 million by 2050; the number of Australians aged 65 and over will go from 3.5 million to 9 million. In 1970 we had 29 per cent of the population under 15 and 8 per cent over 65. In 2050 we will have about 17 per cent under 15 and 23 per cent over 65. We need to plan to help the next generation care for the generation above them.
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EDUCATION

Teaching boys to respect girls
- Peter Hosking
- 29 August 2016
15 Comments
Young people flirt and explore sexuality but this should always involve trust, respect and consent. Right relationships rely on trust, and the more sensitive something is then the greater the responsibility we have to protect people's dignity. It is concerning that some young men presume to exercise power so callously. In objectifying others and treating sex as a commodity, they betray the fundamental aspects of good relationships. Young women are not sexual commodities and young men are not entitled to request and circulate these kinds of intimate images.
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RELIGION

A feminist's view of Mary MacKillop
- Moira Rayner
- 11 October 2010
12 Comments
Men's control over Christian women's religious lives has grown vastly over the centuries. Perhaps MacKillop might have agreed with Virginia Woolf, 'The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.'
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AUSTRALIA

Gain from pain
- Michael Mullins
- 09 March 2009
The Victorian bushfires occurred during a time of financial uncertainty, but Australians gave their money generously. It was as if they were consciously and calculatingly investing their funds in the solidarity of the community.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

In search of Henry Lawson's mother's birthplace
- Brian Matthews
- 27 June 2007
3 Comments
A literary pilgrimage to rural lands near Wellington, NSW, while writing a book about Louisa Lawson. You never arrive: there is no pub, no post office, no CWA; no change in the benign parquetry of land ploughed, harvested, under crop, straggling with native scrub.
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CONTRIBUTORS

Peter Hosking SJ
- Peter Hosking
- 17 May 2007
Peter Hosking SJ is a former East Timor country director for Jesuit Refugee Service.
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RELIGION

Former Jesuit associate presumed fifth crash victim
- Staff
- 04 April 2007
1 Comment
Liz O'Neill is the presumed fifth crash victim.
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AUSTRALIA

East Timor rebuilding must focus on young people
- Peter Hosking
- 26 June 2006
3 Comments
Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri's resignation has occurred, but the country's future hinges on addressing the needs of young people. Offering a new spirit of hope through vocational training and other intiatives, is a key priority in the nation's rebuilding.
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Keywords: Peter Hosking