Government youth affairs are represented throughout Australia's three tiers of government:
- Commonwealth (or federal);
- state or territory; and
- local.
Non-government youth affairs organisations represent youth, also at the national, state and territory levels.
See:
For more on Australia's system of government, see:
- About Australia's system of government, from the Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade;
- Key government sectors, from the National Library of Australia; and
- About local government, from the Australian Local Government Association, the national voice of local government representing 673 councils across the country.)