Author Archives: Youthlaw

This National Youth Week Youthlaw calls on governments to recognise and address significant barriers that prevent young people across Australia achieving their potential.

High youth unemployment  

For the past 10 years youth unemployment has steadily increased. Young people have an unemployment rate that is twice and in some regions, triple the adult rate.

Submissions to the Government’s Discussion Paper “Practical Lessons, fair consequences, Improving Diversion for young people in Victoria”    closed on 5th October.

Smart Justice for Young People   coordinated a sector response setting out the principles that should underpin a diversion framework for children and young people and making 13 recommendations of how to improve the system .