One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimis….

The yearning for strong leadership is more about strength of purpose - clarity of vision - than about merely 'getting tough'..

Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me..

So, if falling crime rates coincide with the rise of violent video games and increasing violence on TV and at the cinema, should we conclude that med….

A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy….

It's Australian to do such things because, however uncivilised they may seem, it's human to do them..

It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong leadership is grow….

Still, most of those effects occur in the context of harmless play and it is patently obvious that children are not normally turned into aggressive l….

On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a day spent by the average couple talking to each o….

One of the most important responsibilities of leaders in any setting - including business organisations - is to tell us our own story; to explain us ….

But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem like a decision at all..

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills..

Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable..

But many researchers operate as if it is their responsibility to demonstrate that video violence has a direct effect on the behaviour of young childr….

If I were asked about what to do about the level of insecurity and anxiety in contemporary Australian society, I wouldn't start with politics and I w….

Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of profes….

With increasing frequency and growing vehemence, you hear people saying they are ashamed to be Australians..

No one welcomes chaos, but why crave stability and predictability?.

Yet in our enthusiasm for the idea that everyone should be able to read and write fluently, we may be missing a crucial point: in today's culture, fi….

The copycat effects of media violence, similar to those previously attributed to westerns, radio serials and comic books, are easy to exaggerate..

Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational..