What do young people think about Canberra?

Rate Canberra 2012 is now out! A survey of 12-25 year old people in Canberra run by the Youth Coalition. Here is a snapshot quoted directly from the executive summary • The top five personal concerns for young people were school work or study, stress, body image, feeling sad or anxious, and finding things to do in Canberra. • Young …

Legalizing Justice

Sexual Assault: Counsellor Notes and Subpoenas (Lucas, 1999) Di Lucas writes that many survivors of sexual assault feel they are on trial and “for legal purposes they are witnesses to a crime against the State”(Lucas, 1999), as such they have to be cross examined by solicitors in an attempt to prove they did not consent. Since the 1970’s, women’s groups …