Youth Field Xpress takes a holiday each January
This edition is therefore a housekeeping edition, with information about how to use this newsletter to our own advantage by reading the notes below. The newsletter reaches thousands of people each month. Find out how to subscribe, how to contribute news, what kind of news we seek, and more below.
Quick news roundup:
1. YOUTH AFFAIRS NEWS (National Youth Week 2009; youTHINK, the first ever Australian Youth Forum event
2. ABOUT YOUTH FIELD XPRESS
3. CONTRIBUTE YOUR NEWS
4. DEADLINES FOR YOUR NEWS CONTRIBUTIONS
5. ABOUT THE AYIN EMAIL DISCUSSION LIST
6. YOUTH STUDIES AUSTRALIA
and our CONTACT DETAILS
1. YOUTH AFFAIRS NEWS
- National Youth Week 2009 is happening from 28 March to 5 April 2009. Find out more at: http://www.youthweek.com/
- The Youth Coalition of the ACT is the peak youth affairs body responsible for representing the interests of people in that territory. Its new director is Emma Robertson. Emma has 15 years experience working in the youth sector. Source: http://www.youthcoalition.net/
- youTHINK is the first ever Australian Youth Forum event to be held. The event is to be held simultaneously across 10 locations around Australia on 20 February 2009. (Source, http://www.youth.gov.au/ayf/pages/news.htm, viewed 21 January 2009.)
- Full details about youTHINK have been supplied to YFX by the Australian Youth Forum:
Announcement from the Australian Youth Forum:
youTHINK: Your voice to government ... be part of the conversation
A big youth event -- youTHINK -- will be held on 20 February 2009, and registrations for the event, and three new website discussion boards, are now open. youTHINK is the inaugural event of the Australian Youth Forum (AYF), the Australian Government's formal communication channel with young people, and all people aged 15-24 are invited to take part.youTHINK will be held simultaneously in 10 locations around the country, and will focus on two topics:
1. violence and safety
2. contributing to our democracy
For more information, and to register for youTHINK, visit the AYF website at http://www.youth.gov.au/ayf
If you are unable to attend on 20 February, but still want to have a say, then head to the website, where online discussion boards are now open on the forum topics, and where you can find information on how you can hold your own forum and feed the outcomes through to the AYF, at http://www.youth.gov.au/ayf
There is also a new discussion board on human rights where you can contribute your thoughts on the issues.
Australia's Minister for Youth, Kate Ellis, said in a Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations media release alert (23 January 2009):
"Using technology, we are taking the government to young Australians so they can play an active role in the decisions that affect them directly...
"This is a stark contrast to the former Government which abolished the Youth portfolio and limited its youth engagement to meetings just two meetings a year of 45 hand-picked participants in Canberra.
"The Rudd Government has invested $8 million to establish the Australian Youth Forum to give young Australians the chance to express their ideas and opinions direct to Government.
"I encourage as many people as possible to get involved in youTHINK to make their voice heard".
Source: '1000 young Australians to link up across the nation to help direct response to violence', media release, 23 January 2009, at http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Ellis/Media/Releases/Pages/Article_090123_103748.aspx (or get there via: http://tinyurl.com/cdddsl) viewed 24 January 2009.
2. ABOUT YOUTH FIELD XPRESS
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Publisher: Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies. YFX is one of this clearinghouse's many services.
While Youth Field Xpress doesn't aim to be comprehensive, it is a generalist digest of news to hand at the Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies. It acts as a current awareness service for the youth sector.
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3. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE YOUR NEWS
Have you got news you would like to distribute to thousands of people?
This newsletter, Youth Field Xpress, published by the Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, resumes its normal distribution in two weeks:
Youth Field Xpress welcomes news contributions from subscribers, though we cannot guarantee to publish all submissions. The newsletter contains short snippets of news items only (200 words maximum). YFX does not include job adverts nor does it send out any attachments (Instead, use the email discussion list, AYIN -- details about AYIN are given below).
News items about changes at major youth organisations and new resources or initiatives are welcomed.
The newsletter serves a national audience and items should be of more than local interest.
Subjects can vary from youth research to youth work, from theory to practice.
Calls for papers and conference news is also welcomed.
The editor reserves the right not to include items, and to rewrite items to suit this clearinghouse's "house style".
News items should be sent to: information@acys.utas.edu.au
4. DEADLINES FOR YOUR NEWS CONTRIBUTIONS
Contributions for consideration should arrive well before the 10th of each month.
The next edition of YFX is due mid-February 2009, so send in your news -- before 10 February 2009 -- to: information@acys.utas.edu.au
5. ABOUT THE AYIN EMAIL DISCUSSION LIST
AYIN is an email discussion list where you can contribute news of youth issues on a daily basis. It is managed by Anne Hugo, editor of this newsletter along with admin help from Fiona Robards of the NSW CAAH.
To join the AYIN list, send an email to: join-ayin@edna.edu.au (Ignore this if you are an existing AYIN list member.)
6. YOUTH STUDIES AUSTRALIA
'Youth Studies Australia' is a peer-reviewed journal published by this clearinghouse. It provides interdisciplinary, research-based information and analysis on issues affecting Australians from early adolescence to young adulthood.
We welcome previously unpublished editorial contributions. Preference is for research- or practice-based articles on issues relating to Australian or New Zealand youth.
Intending contributors should thoroughly familiarise themselves with the journal before submitting papers.
See the ACYS website for author guidelines, reviewer guidelines and other requirements, at: http://www.acys.info/journal/contributors
All papers are peer reviewed. Find out what's in the December 2008 edition of 'Youth Studies Australia' at: http://www.acys.info/journal/
More about what we do:
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