The mental toll of NAPLAN

NAPLAN is an annual national assessment for all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9, and is the only nationwide assessment that all Australian children undertake but its impact on those children is often underappreciated and could be mediated to reduce the mental toll.

Climate change conference: teamwork or tug-of-war?

We live in a globalised world, and therefore climate change is also a social justice issue. Australian social worker Megan Bonetti, volunteering in India, reports from a developing country having to figure out how to go green on the cheap.

Climate change dialogues: denialists and the disadvantaged

Many individuals and communities feel disempowered or ignorant when discussing climate change. Megan Bonetti says we need to foster a non-judgemental culture of awareness to make key stakeholders sit up and listen.