Three reasons Australians should be concerned that NGOs’ voices are not being heard. A healthy democracy is built on the premise that public debate should allow for many and diverse voices to […]
Family Matters Report: the state of 2017
The Family Matters Report 2017 shows the rate at which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are removed from their families continues to be an escalating national crisis. Without immediate action from […]
Mental health now the top national concern for Australian young people
Mission Australia have just released results from their 16th Youth Survey, in which 24,055 young people aged 15 to 19 took part. Young people identified mental health, alcohol and drugs and equity and discrimination as the most […]
People with disability have a lot to offer employers
Australia has some of the poorest labour market outcomes for people with disability in the OECD. Employment rates of people with health problems or disability were at 40%, and falling. […]
How school has been used to control sovereignty and self-determination for Indigenous peoples
Indigenous Australians have been denied self-determination for decades. This has impacted their ability to influence education and other policies at national and state levels. Evidence suggests schooling for Indigenous peoples […]
Call for a National Youth Justice Action Plan
Don’t let the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory gather dust! For 26 years Federal, State and Territory governments have failed to implement the […]
Patrick Dodson – Don Dale: Punishment not the way to deal with young offenders
Patrick Dodson – in SMH: The Royal Commission on the Protection and Detention of Children in the NT needs and deserves careful consideration and analysis. It tells a story that […]
Celebrate – International Day of People with Disability
Celebrate the International Day of Disability 2017 with Disability Ability Links NSW and City of Sydney will be running a FREE Family Fun Day on Sunday 3 December between 11AM – 3PM at […]
Plea for Premier to reverse disability funding cuts as pressure mounts
NSW government is under increasing pressure to reverse a total funding cut to dozens of organisations that advocate for people with a disability, as Queensland follows suit and the state opposition commits […]
Transformational Development and Indigenous Modernity: The Yawuru Experience
Transformational Development and Indigenous Modernity – Peter Yu, CEO, Nyamba Buru Yawuru will draw on the example of the Yawuru community who asserted and won their native title rights in […]