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Age of consent laws

Agencies
Websites
Lower secondary
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Teacher
Parent
Australia
adolescence
consent
intimate relationships
law

Age of consent laws for each state in Australia from the Australian Government, Child Family Community Australia.

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Cyber savvy

Websites
Lower primary
Upper primary
Lower secondary
Middle secondary
Upper secondary
Teacher
Parent
Western Australia
adolescence
friendships
intimate relationships
pornography
sexting

A web resource developed in Western Australia to help young people prevent and address problems associated with online behaviour, particularly image-sharing.

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eSafety Commissioner

Agencies
Guidelines
Professional development
Videos
Websites
Lower primary
Upper primary
Lower secondary
Middle secondary
Upper secondary
Teacher
Parent
Australia
adolescence
friendships
help seeking
intimate relationships
online
parenting
pornography
sexting

A one-stop-shop for online safety, including classroom resources, outreach programs, school policies and parent resources from the Australian Government Office of the eSafety Commissioner.

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How to use a condom

Videos
Websites
Lower secondary
Middle secondary
Upper secondary
Teacher
Parent
Western Australia
adolescence
contraception
health literacy
intimate relationships
parenting
safer sex

An animation from the Get The Facts website demonstrating how to use a condom correctly.

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Kaiyai Girl

Programs
Videos
Websites
Upper primary
Lower secondary
Middle secondary
Upper secondary
Teacher
Western Australia
consent
friendships
help seeking
intimate relationships
multicultural
reproduction
safer sex
sex education
STIs and BBVs

Kaiyai Girl is a teaching resource for use with students in early adolescence through to early adulthood. It tackles the issues of drug and alcohol use and its impact on decision-making and personal control.

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Kids Helpline

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Support services
Websites
Lower primary
Upper primary
Lower secondary
Middle secondary
Upper secondary
Teacher
Parent
Australia
adolescence
families
friendships
help seeking
intimate relationships
parenting

Kids Helpline is Australia's only free, private and confidential, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25. The website also provides lots of valuable information for kids and parents.

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Reachout.com

Music
Support services
Agencies
Websites
Upper primary
Lower secondary
Middle secondary
Upper secondary
Teacher
Parent
Australia
adolescence
body image
consent
emotional literacy
families
friendships
gender diversity
health education
help seeking
intimate relationships
mental health
multicultural
online
safer sex
sexting
sexual diversity

Information, support and resources to help young people improve their understanding of mental health issues, develop resilience, and increase their coping skills and help-seeking behaviour.

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RESPECT Counselling Service

Support services
Agencies
Websites
Upper primary
Lower secondary
Middle secondary
Upper secondary
Teacher
Parent
Australia
consent
families
family and domestic violence
friendships
help seeking
intimate relationships
law
mental health
parenting
sexual abuse

Free 24 hour national counselling service for people at risk of, or who have experienced physical or sexual violence.

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Sex. Youth Law Australia

Support services
Websites
Lower secondary
Middle secondary
Upper secondary
Teacher
Parent
Australia
consent
friendships
intimate relationships
law
parenting
reproduction
safer sex
sex education
sexting
sexual health
STIs and BBVs

Youth Law Australia give free and confidential legal advice about sex and dating. This site discussed sex, dating, and relationships.

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Sexual consent toolkit

Programs
Agencies
Websites
Lower secondary
Middle secondary
Upper secondary
Teacher
Parent
Australia
consent
help seeking
intimate relationships
law
protective behaviours
sexual health
sexual abuse

Toolkit from Rape and Sexual Assault Research and Advocacy (RASARA) that covers a range of issues relating to sexual consent and sexual assault. RASARA are an organisation that advocates for rape and consent law reform across Australia.

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SoSAFE!

Programs
Websites
Upper primary
Lower secondary
Middle secondary
Upper secondary
Teacher
Parent
Australia
adolescence
bodies
consent
disabilities
friendships
intimate relationships
protective behaviours
puberty
reproduction
sex education
sexual abuse

SoSAFE! uses a standardised framework of symbols, visual teaching tools and concepts to teach strategies for moving into intimate relationships in a safe and measured manner, and provides visual communication tools for reporting physical or sexual abuse. Provides teachers, trainers and counsellors with skills and simple visual tools to enhance the social, social-sexual and social safety training of people with moderate to severe intellectual disability.

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Young Deadly Free

Illustrations
Videos
Websites
Lower secondary
Middle secondary
Upper secondary
Teacher
Parent
Australia
adolescence
intimate relationships
multicultural
sex education
STIs and BBVs

An Australian website with resources designed for Aboriginal communities in syphilis outbreak areas (and the health professionals and educators working in these areas). Includes information on STIs and BBVs. Animations, videos, factsheets, posters and TV and radio ads. Sign up to their monthly newsletter for news on new resources and emerging topics.

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Young Deadly Free animations and TV adverts

Videos
Websites
Upper primary
Lower secondary
Middle secondary
Upper secondary
Teacher
Parent
Australia
adolescence
help seeking
immunisation
intimate relationships
multicultural
safer sex
sex education
STIs and BBVs

Resource developed for Aboriginal communities with animations and videos of young Aboriginal people yarning about topics such as: getting a check up; STIs; syphilis; HIV; PrEP; testing; etc.