Safe Schools
The Edge, State Library of Queensland
In Conversation / The Guardian / Selling Fast
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#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
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Benjamin Law and Lucy Clark discuss bullying in schools and why creating safe environments in which kids can learn is vital.
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Lucy Clark
Lucy Clark is a journalist and author with over 30 years experience in newspapers, magazines, and websites in Sydney, London, and New York. She is the author of Beautiful Failures - How the Quest for Success is Harming our Kids, and is currently features and membership editor at Guardian Australia.
Benjamin Law
Benjamin Law is the author of The Family Law (2010), Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (2012)—both nominated for Australian Book Industry Awards—and the Quarterly Essay on Safe Schools, Moral Panic 101 (2017). The Family Law is now also an award-winning SBS TV series, which Benjamin created and co-wrote. Every week, Benjamin co-hosts ABC RN’s weekly national pop culture show Stop Everything, and has appeared on TV shows including Q&A (ABC), The Drum (ABC), The Project (Ten) and Filthy Rich and Homeless (SBS).