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More than half of Australian girls between 8 and 9 years old are dissatisfied with their body, and a quarter of 14-15 year olds have thoughts about self-harming. Social media has brought bullying from the schoolyard into the home, and made girls more critical of their appearance than ever. Add the pandemic, climate change, economic uncertainty and political upheaval, and anxiety in this age group is at an all time high. That's why Guardian Australia's monthly book club is returning for 2021 with a deep dive into parenting: specifically, parenting girls.

Join us to delve into the data and learn about current public opinion on all things politics and COVID-19 with the fortnightly Guardian Essential Report.

Wrap another busy week where a panel of #auspol journalists and commentators share their informed views on the topics which have occupied them and the issues and events impacting us all. This week, we'll be joined by Walkley Award Winner and Commentator Jane Caro, CEO of Greenpeace Australia David Ritter, Walkley award-winning freelance investigative journalist and author Lucie Morris-Marr, and journalist, writer and WA Young Australian of the Year Nominee Dylan Storer. Hosted by constant tweeter and political podcaster Denise Shrivell.

Join this special tech talk on the Digital Rights Watch Annual Report with Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Centre for Responsible Technology director Peter Lewis and Managing Director of Guardian Australia Dan Stinton. The report outlines the many ways Australians’ rights are being impacted by the activities of private companies and governments in the online world.

Join us to delve into the data and learn about current public opinion on all things politics and COVID-19 with the fortnightly Guardian Essential Report.

It has been a big year for our early learning and care system and there is still work to be done. This year, parents, educators and professionals have experienced first-hand what is – and what isn’t – working with regards to the current system.

Research has told us that proper reform will mean more women in the workforce, a stronger economy and less cost of living pressures on families, especially as we look at the COVID-19 recovery.

In our final Australia at Home event for the year, we discuss the year’s highs and lows and talk about how everyone can work together to ensure every child has the best start to life with high quality and universally accessible early learning in 2021.

Join Thrive by Five CEO Jay Weatherill in conversation with Federal President of the Australian Education Union Correna Haythorpe and Early Childhood Australia CEO Sam Page.

Denise Shrivell and Peter Lewis wrap up 2020 with some of Australia’s leading independent journalists and commentators including: Cheryl Kernot, Margo Kingston, Anthony Klan from The Klaxon, Dave Milner from The Shot, NADINE VON COHEN & Simon Holmes à Court.

Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy and Essential's Peter Lewis discuss the final Guardian Essential Report of 2020. What did Australians make of the year? How did they rate their leaders? And what are the things that we don't want to lose?

Human Rights Commissioner Ed Santow will join our regular panel of Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O'Shea, Guardian Australia managing director Dan Stinton and Peter Lewis from the Centre for Responsible Technology, to review the creep of big tech and the efforts to hold it to account. From the media bargaining code, to AI facial recognition, to a reimagining of what a public space should be ...

To mark the 80th birthday of leading Australian literary magazine Meanjin, join writers Tara June Winch, Behrouz Boochani, and moderator, Meanjin editor Jonathan Green, for a conversation on time, home, futures, and remote friendship.

Join GoFundMe regional manager in Australia Nicola Britton to recognise the power of community and hear how local heroes have changed lives and made a difference through giving this year.

Join Guardian Australia’s Ben Doherty in conversation with ResultsAustralia CEO Negaya Chorley, public health pioneer Bill Bowtell and, from Delhi, Dr Bobby John to discuss how this commitment can permanently shift the needle when it comes to Australia’s place in the region.

Join us to delve into the data and learn about current public opinion on all things politics and COVID-19 with the fortnightly Guardian Essential Report.

Join our regular tech talk with Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Centre for Responsible Technology director Peter Lewis and Managing Director of Guardian Australia Dan Stinton.

In a world of sensory overload, journalist Christine Jackman went searching for a quiet space. Her book traverses the history of silence from Benedictine Monks, to Buddha, to the Brisbane 'burbs. Join her in conversation with Essential's Peter Lewis.

A response to the devastating 2019–20 bushfires, Animals Make Us Human both celebrates Australia’s unique wildlife and highlights its vulnerability. Featuring 44 essays from some of Australia’s finest writers, and accompanied by exquisite wildlife photography. Proceeds from sales of this book go to Australian Marine Conservation Society and Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Contributors Graeme Simsion and Clare Wright join co-editor Leah Kaminsky to discuss their pieces from the book.

Join us to delve into the data and learn about current public opinion on all things politics and COVID-19 with the fortnightly Guardian Essential Report.

Join our regular tech talk with Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Centre for Responsible Technology director Peter Lewis and Managing Director of Guardian Australia Dan Stinton.

Join us for a groundbreaking panel discussion from Settlement Services International (SSI) unpacking the invisible struggles of domestic violence victims within our migrant and refugee communities.

Helen Garner felt so ashamed reading over her early journals that she set them alight. As she has written: “There was nothing for it. This shit had to go."

That the inner workings of a mind so great have been incinerated comes as an enormous loss to all of us who have devoured the author's work. But that Garner has decided to publish the rest of them – across multiple volumes no less – is a voyeuristic thrill.

Helen Garner will be joining Guardian Australia’s next book club to discuss the second volume of her diaries, One Day I’ll Remember This, which tracks a particular tumultuous decade of her life: it begins with a love affair in 1987, and ends with the 1995 publication of the First Stone, her most controversial work.

In conversation with Michael Williams – and with you – the author of Monkey Grip, Joe Cinque’s Consolation and This House of Grief will be discussing her work and her life, and how the process of diarising can make an impact on both.

Whether it’s a celebration or a therapy session, the returns in the US election will have profound implications on Western democracy. Join legal experts, political pundits and friends who are on the ground stateside as we make sense of what's just happened… and what comes next.

As the US election results come in, more than the Presidency is on the line. Join us for this Watch Party as we support each other while the results come in an election that will shape the future of Western democracy. We will be opening the mics and giving the floor to a range of experts, advocates and concerned global citizens in this extended Australia at Home event. Doors will open at 11am and will remain open until we've all had enough.

On the eve of the US Elections, what do Australians think about the candidates and the impact of the result? Join Guardian Australia Political Editor Katharine Murphy and Essential Director Peter Lewis to dig deep into the latest Guardian Essential Report.

Join our regular tech talk with Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Centre for Responsible Technology director Peter Lewis and Managing Director of Guardian Australia Dan Stinton.

The way energy is produced and the way it is consumed is changing rapidly.

This special Australia at Home Consultative Town Hall will give you the chance to inform the development of the Compact and have your say in the future of energy in Australia.

The contribution of the late, great Jack Mundey, who passed earlier this year, continues to be felt around Sydney.

To mark a new Trades Hall exhibition honouring the Green Bans, join Unions NSW historian Neale Towart, investigative reporter Wendy Bacon and former NSW LC president Meredith Burgmann to discuss his life and legacy.

Join Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy and Essential Director Peter Lewis as we review the latest Essential report. This week, we look at the quarterly 2PP-Plus figures on voting intention, latest leadership ratings and Federal Budget reaction.

With the US elections looming the Big Tech platforms are taking steps to keep the election clean. But are their efforts doomed to fail?

At the same time, federal legislators butt heads on how to regulate Big Tech while gig businesses in California are pushing back against Uber and Lyft to make them pay their drivers a minimum wage.

And is Amazon planning to invade your home?

Join Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Peter Lewis from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible Technology, and Guardian Australia’s managing director Dan Stinton for our regular Tech Talk.

As we have been forced to physically distance through the pandemic, the need for social connection has never been greater. In their new book, 'Reconnected', Labor frontbencher Andrew Leigh and Nick Terrell tackle the epidemic of loneliness and charts a path for a more connected future. Andrew will be joined by GIVIT founder, Juliette Wright, to talk through practical ways of bringing people closer together.