Five years ago, Covid lockdowns threw a generation of Australian children into the alien world of social isolation and remote learning. It’s only now that the long-term impact on teens and young adults is becoming apparent … an epidemic of social anxiety, mental illness, eating disorders and social media-fuelled youth crime.

This special investigation examines how the nation’s kids are faring – and exposes how many have fallen through the cracks of our social safety net after abandoning their education during the chaos of Covid.

Read their compelling stories below, and watch the four-part docu-series. It’s not too late to fix this.