New Legal Studies Resources

Current, up-to-date and Australian
Hot Topics 60 and 61 are now available @your local library. Hot Topics 60 is an overview of the Australian legal system, how the law is made, legislature, judiciary and how to find case law. Hot Topics 61 covers Emplyment and the Law with recent changes in the employment landscape such as discrimination, bullying, harassment, and new developments such as Industrial manslaughter.
Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Students Health

Late last year a report came out entitled "The State of Student Social and Emotional Health" by the Australian Scholarship Group, and was based on 4 years of research and surveys of more than 10,000 students across Australia. The results of the work reveal that a large percentage of students are experiencing social and emotional difficulties. (highlights of the report can be viewed at www.acer.edu.au/edlivewire/0703_socialandemotionalhealth.html )
To help students (and their families) in the later years of high school Pittwater Library will be holding a free talk at Mona Vale Library on Wednesday 13th Feb - called "Surviving the HSC" the talk will be about stress management techniques and will be run by an expert from the Macquarie Uni's BRAVE programme. For details about this and our other FREE talks in February and March follow the link below to the Inside Break website.
www.insidebreak.org.au
Louise - Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Drug info@your library

Available on the drug info @ your library website is heaps of information about drugs

visit www.druginfo.sl.nsw.gov.au/
then select the section for Students & Teachers
Take a look at A – Z Drugs for additional relevant information, then browse through all the links under the following topics:
For PDHPE – Personal development, health and physical education, Alcohol & drug use in Australia, Specific drug use, Secondary students use of alcohol and drugs, International Drug Trends, Policy – National, Policy – New South Wales

Louise, Youth Librarian @ Manly Library

Getting Out: A young persons guide to independent living

Leaving home? This website has lots of great tips and links to useful resources for when you leave home
www.gettingout.info

Louise, Youth Librarian @ Manly Library

HSC Talks Feedback

Thanks to all those who attended our recnt HSC talks. The Northern Beaches Libraries held 6 HSC workshops this year, with 113 people attending, and 17 educational institutions represented. From the evaluation forms 94% were satisfied that the worshops met expectations, 97% found the time convenient, 98% found the speaker was of high quality, 96% found theinformation presented useful. Planning is already underway for more senior High School student talks and workshops in 2008
Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Have you been Ripped Off!!

Ripped Off? - Ripped Off is a new blog where you get to tell your story about when you’ve been ripped off and what you’ve done about it. - Fair Trading wants to know what problems you have had getting a refund or returning faulty goods. They also want to know any issues you have had with mobile phones, cars and credit card debt. Your stories will enable them to develop further programs to help young people understand their consumer rights. All NSW bloggers go into the draw to win one of ten $100 shopping vouchers so start blogging now!
The Ripped off blog is at : http://www.blogs.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/rippedoff/
If you want to check up on your consumer rights your local library has information in their LIAC collections - there are also brochures available to take home
Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Is all Graffiti Bad???

YAPA the Youth Action Policy Assocation would like your views about graffiti to assist in a submission to the NSW Government. If you have an opinion about any of these questions please e-mail a reply to policy@yapa.org.au
1. What is your view on the legal uses of aerosal paint such as legal walls and graffiti programs?
2. Do you see a socail benefit to providing legal uses of aerosal paint?
3. Given legitimate uses of aerosal paint, do you think a ban on the sale os aerosal paint is appropriate?
The dealine for any comments is this Friday
Louise, Youth Librarian, Manly Library