Warringal Publications

Warringal Publications publishes up-to-date school curriculum resources for Humanities, Social Sciences and Health Education since 1987.

UPDATE SERIES

HEALTH & PE

Health & PE is a new addition to our Update series to commence from 2017. This issue will focus on the curriculum for Health, Physical Education and Personal/Human Development. We find these topics are interrelated and by combining these topics would help students better understand physical, social, emotional and intellectual dimensions of health developments that occurs through the lifespan stages of prenatal, childhood, youth and adulthood.

GEODATE

Geodate contains articles, comment and information on contemporary geographical and environmental problems and issues, current data, research and new directions in geographical research. A media watch section provides additional resources and activities. Geodate is designed for teachers and students of geography and environmental studies

NUTRIDATE

Nutridate contains articles, comment and information on nutrition issues, recent diet initiatives and trends, new directions in food intake and food management, nutrition in health. A media watch section providing additional resources is also included. Nutridate is designed for teachers and students of human development, home economics, food technology and physical education.

LEGALDATE

Legaldate contains articles, comment and information on legal issues, new directions and changes in the law, case studies, discussion and comment on the legal system. A concise digest of new legislation, judicial interpretation and current statistics in civil and criminal law is also included. Legaldate is designed for teachers of legal and law-related studies.

ECODATE

Ecodate contains articles, comment and information on recent policy approaches, current statistics, and state of the economy, economic issues and problems. Ecodate is designed for teachers and students of economics.

BUSIDATE

Busidate contains articles, comment and information on technology in the workplace, employee relations, human resource management issues and business case studies. Busidate is designed for teachers and students of Business Studies and Business Management.

2020 Topics for Update Series

Busidate

  • Social enterprise on the rise
  • The business of budgy smuggling
  • Australian businesses heeding the call on climate
  • Gig economy next level - how the "shut in" economy will become the new norm
  • "I won't be coming in for work today" - using the absenteeism rate to evaluate the effectiveness of human resource management.
  • Disruptive technology: skating to where the puck is going
  • Do you really need a new pair of jeans?
  • Marketing and ethical behaviour

Ecodate

  • Inflation and unemployment in Australia
  • "Will Quantitative Easing (QE) arrive in Australia?"
  • The economics of the 2020-21 federal budget
  • Monetary and Fiscal Policy: A Double Act for Economic Prosperity
  • Will Quantitative Easing (QE) arrive in Australia?
  • Australia enters recession in 2020: after 29 years of sustained growth

Geodate

  • Population distribution in Australia
  • The role of community conservation areas to manage human stresses on biodiversity in Vanuatu
  • An evaluation of traditional and contemporary management strategies in the alpine ecosystem of Kosciuszko, new south wales
  • Applications of drone technology in geography
  • Applications of geospatial technology in sport
  • Covid-19: geography matters
  • Is it time to re-think tourism? creating more sustainable and responsible tourism

Legaldate

  • Can we eliminate crime?
  • When killers say they were provoked - new concepts of justice giving rise to changes in provocation defence law
  • Victims and criminal law
  • Justice - equality, fairness and access
  • The role of courts in Australia.
  • Journalists, whistleblowers and the law: a human rights dilemma
  • Two family courts or one? Australia struggles to fix a self-inflicted problem

Nutridate

  • Fermented foods: an ancient tradition meets the modern world
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • The perils of highly processed foods
  • Why is there so much conflicting information on how to eat and why so many different diets?
  • The fascinating world of microbiota and the role of diet
  • You are what you eat: plant-based diets and health
  • Understanding the Australian dietary guidelines
  • Love your legumes

Health & PE

  • Improving wellbeing during rapid change by pivoting
  • Information overload and how to deal with it
  • Sexuality and sexual development
  • The power of concentration and how to improve it
  • Health benefits of green spaces
  • Healthy relationships: a neuroscience perspective
  • Why should you care about your smile? a guide to oral health
  • What is chronic pain and how to deal with itWhat is chronic pain and how to deal with it

Topic Writers

DR CHRISTINA M POLLARD

University Associate, School of Public Health, Curtin University. Adjunct Researcher, School of Public Health, Curtin University.

DR DOROTA ZARNOWIECKI

Research Fellow, School of Population Health, University of South Australia

DR MARK J LOCK

Australian Research Council Discovery Indigenous Research Fellow

NICOLE SENIOR

Accredited Practising Dietician and Nutritionist, Professional Nutrition Services, Sydney NSW

JENNIFER BROWNE

Public Health Nutritionist, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation.

PROFESSOR ALASTAIR NICHOLSON

Honorary Professorial Fellow , The University of Melbourne

GREG ROBERTSON

Fair Work Ombudsman Director

KHANH HOANG

Associate Lecturer in the ANU Migration Law Program , ANU College of Law, Australian National University

ANTHONY HOPKINS

Barrister and Senior Lecturer, ANU College of Law, Australian National University

TONY FOLEY

Associate Professor , ANU College of Law, Australian National University

CELESTE LIDDLE

National Indigenous Organiser, National Tertiary Education Union

ERICA DOBSON

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

ALISON DOECKE

Counsel, Crown Solicitor’s Office, South Australia

DR PETER CURSON

Professor of Population and Security at the University of Sydney and Emeritus Professor of Medical Geography at Macquarie University

EMMA L. BURNS

Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra.

BOB BIRRELL

Bob Birrell was founder of the Centre for Population and Urban Research at Monash University. He is currently the Chairman of The Australian Population Research Institute and the Joint Editor of the demographic journal People and Place.

NICK HUTCHINSON

Geography Educator and Writer , Macquarie University

CLEO WESTHORPE

Teacher of Geography , Melbourne Girls Grammar

DR ANTHONY STOKES

Senior Lecturer of Economics, Australian Catholic University

DR MATTHEW BECK

Senior Lecturer in Infrastructure Management Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, Business School University of Sydney