# Australian selected Health authoring review

Reviewed 21 October 2026. All 32 Foundation–Year 6 Personal, social and community
health standards are Full in the [coverage report](acara-v9-health-coverage.md),
with 117 links across 79 topics: 54 existing and 25 new. The 27 PE standards are
excluded. This does not claim full Health and Physical Education coverage.

## Shared subjects and reuse

The batch uses Personal & Social Development (23 new topics) and Science /
The Human Body (two). It introduces no subjects or domains. Country-specific
services and campaigns are examples within shared topics.

Two HASS-authored topics gain Health links: My family and where we're from
(`mt_0O4mXv3asF`) and Groups I belong to (`mt_x3DJWIEHBq`). Existing Geography and
English topics also supply prerequisites. The new topics add distinct learning
about identity, consent, body safety, transitions, health messages, stereotypes
and healthy practices. Practical requirements use role-play, routines, actions
and reflection rather than knowledge statements alone.

The existing Prejudice and Discrimination topic (`mt_HFN1pGASpZ`) is extended and
renamed Standing up to discrimination. Learners carry out an inclusion action
in their school or community and reflect on its effect, addressing the
implementation requirement of AC9HP6P05 while retaining the topic's ID and links.

## Review corrections

Body-safety topics distinguish necessary personal care or medical examination
from inappropriate touching. The care provider explains why and asks first;
the exception does not extend to asking a child to touch someone else's private
parts. Protective-response topics explain that abuse is never the child's
fault, even if they could not say no or get away. This wording was checked
against [NSPCC guidance](https://www.nspcc.org.uk/advice-for-families/pants-underwear-rule/).

Online safety replaces a blanket screenshot instruction with adult-assisted
reporting. It distinguishes keeping a safe record of an ordinary abusive message
from saving or forwarding sexual images of children, following the
[eSafety evidence guidance](https://www.esafety.gov.au/report/how-to-collect-evidence).

## Verification

The live authoring graph, persisted mirror, database and export agree. All
1,837 existing topic IDs, 4,047 curriculum links and 3,853 prerequisite edges are
preserved. The batch adds 25 topics, 33 curriculum links and 62 prerequisites.
All new prerequisites are age-ordered, with Australian or universal alignments
for hard prerequisites. There are no cycles, age-span warnings or new hard
prerequisite age conflicts, and derived centrality matches the final graph.
The 1,049 teaching-research records are unchanged; 813 topics lack research.

Digital Technologies and Design and Technologies still have coverage gaps.
PE, Arts and Languages remain outside the current goal.