Make a difference
Creative activity ideas for young people to support those around them.
This thought-provoking matrix will inspire students to consider how they can support others and create positive change in their home, school or local community.
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This thought-provoking matrix will inspire students to consider how they can support others and create positive change in their home, school or local community.
The powers and duties of the governor-general explained.
The return of an icon of the 1980s.
How Bob Hawke felt about his time as Prime Minister at both houses of parliament.
Learn about the First Nations' experience of democracy.
False information from ancient times to the present.
We use our imagination and creativity to invent something that might help someone.
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