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Archives for April 2017

Youth Justice in Australia 2015–16

April 26, 2017 by Graham Barr

A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has been published on youth justice, presenting youth justice data for the period 2015-16. The report is accompanied […]

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NDIS hiccups are expected, as with any large-scale social reform

April 19, 2017 by Graham Barr

This Conversation article discusses how the agreement to launch the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in 2012 was met with great excitement. However, in recent months, this enthusiasm and excitement […]

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NSW Government privatisation plans leave people with disabilities in uncertainty

April 7, 2017 by Graham Barr

The ABC reports NSW Minister for Disability Services, with ownership of 750 specially fitted-out homes that accommodate some of the state’s most vulnerable people, has confirmed it has a long-term […]

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The forgotten 660,000 locked out of home ownership

April 3, 2017 by Graham Barr

People with intellectual disability face many barriers to finding a home of their own. Rates of unemployment and underemployment are high. Only 23% are  wage or salary earners, and around […]

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December 12, 2017

The ConversationThree 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 be heard as part of the contest for ideas that informs policymaking. If Australians want this to be the case, the current state of play offers three reasons for concern.

December 11, 2017

Family MattersThe 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 all levels of government further generations of children will be lost to their families, cultures and communities. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are 9.8 times more likely to be living in out-of-home care than non-Indigenous children.

December 7, 2017

Mission AustraliaMission 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 important issues in Australia today, with around one third of young people identifying mental health (33.7%) or alcohol and drugs (32.0%) as important issues in Australia today and almost three in ten respondents identifying equity and discrimination (27.3%) as a major issue. 

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