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A landmark health meeting will be presented with shocking figures on the number of people with severe psychiatric conditions who are receiving few or no services in the community, as ministers come together to formulate a national response to the nation’s growing mental health crisis.

Australian psychiatrists have led the biggest-ever worldwide study into youth mental health, finding that young people’s psychological health has “entered a dangerous phase” amid economic insecurity and political and technological changes that have young people feeling marginalised and cast adrift.

A 17-year-old charged over pro-Palestinian vandalism that caused more than $100,000 worth of damage to Jewish Labor MP Josh Burns’ electorate office, during which he allegedly hit the glass facade 14 times with a sledgehammer, is on track to avoid a criminal conviction.

Radical preachers and extremist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir have attacked Australia’s democracy and The Muslim Vote campaign, calling it a “shirk” and an insult to Allah, at sermons in southwest Sydney, the geographical heart of a community-led Muslim political movement.

NSW MLC John Ruddick delivered a powerful speech to the state parliament about the excessive funding of rainbow activism. Lobbyists who rely on government grants do not simply pat themselves on the back after winning their cause – they get addicted to the gravy train.

ISA chief executive Graham Catt said his organisation was gearing up to take the fight to the Greens, with school leaders, teachers and parents making clear “they’ve had enough of the relentless and baseless vilification of families who simply want the best for their children”.

The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher, has warned the church will be forced to consider closing religious schools if the government strips them of the ability to preference the employment of teachers supportive of Christian teachings.

Efforts to close the gap between Indigenous Australians and the rest of the country stalled during the failed Voice referendum, and the recent federal budget did not address the crisis as all governments promised to do.

To live a life of sexual integrity, we must train ourselves in two areas: our eyes and our mind.

Boys are more likely to be bullied at school, yet girls are twice as likely to report stress and anxiety, the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) reports after analysing a survey of 13,437 students from 743 Australian high schools.

A Muslim group awarded charity status in the recent budget has warned senators of the legal risk of condemning the anti-Israel “river to the sea” chant and claims Labor has abandoned its own senator, Fatima Payman, over her allegations of genocide in Gaza.

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has apologised to UK activist Kellie-Jay Keen and Melbourne-based gender-critical feminist Angela Jones for “any hurt, distress or harm that has occurred” as a result of his comments being “misunderstood as conveying” that he believed them to be neo-Nazis.

Almost 800 Sydney University students have voted for their student body to support “one Palestinian state” and affirmed “the right of Palestinians to armed resistance” at a rare student general meeting, as the university seeks police advice on the legality of material used to promote the event.

Leaders of the Christian, Muslim and Jewish religions in Queensland have united to condemn the Miles government’s draft anti-discrimination laws restricting their schools from hiring and firing staff based on their faith, sexuality, marital status and gender identity.

The number of school students identifying as neither male nor female is now 20 times higher than before the pandemic. Non-binary enrolments account for barely 0.05% of the nation’s four million school students, but create a legal and ethical minefield for principals and teachers.

Foreign students are being forced into sexual slavery as people-smugglers target tertiary education, Australia’s anti-slavery commissioner has warned. Cases of forced marriage, ­bonded labour, death threats and blackmail against international students have been referred to police.

Multiculturalism is at a “crossroads”, with greater leadership needed to “break the cycle of hate” and “teach a new generation of Australians to rise above entrenched beliefs”, two leaders of the government’s multicultural policy review have warned.

Religious leaders and the Coalition are urging Anthony Albanese to ignore a report it commissioned into reducing discrimination at faith-based schools, claiming the lead author has contradicted its findings by calling for stronger legal protections for religious institutions.

For the past ten years, the Australian Prayer Network (APN) has been holding Watchmen Schools of Intercession all over the nation, with over 16,000 people having attended the Foundation Level course.

The Indigenous women of Borroloola are asking the Albanese government to acknowledge their success and help other communities do as they have done for their youngest children.