Contents (August edition)
CARE AND PROTECTION
Proposed changes to child protection legislation in the NT
CRIME AND JUSTICE
Young people and the criminal justice system: New insights and promising responses
Views of young people in detention centres: Queensland 2009
Juveniles in detention in Australia
Indigenous young people, crime and justice
Government announces one-off funding for legal assistance programs
Independent persons supporting young people in police interviews
DRUGS
Alcopops: Praise for the Senate from ADCA for passing the alcopop taxation legislation
The "changing face of opioid dependence in Australia"
ECONOMIC ISSUES
Young women's wages 'almost on a par'
EDUCATION
Report examines geographical differences in higher education participation in Victoria
ICAN school retention program to be expanded
Action plan for the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Projects funded by the National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation Program
Many tertiary students consider dropping out
ACER establishes Ken Rowe Fund
EMPLOYMENT
Young people: Finding their way in a new era: Policy forum
The state of Victoria's children 2008
Youth unemployment in the UK and Australia
Young people with poor labour force attachment
FUNDING AND SPONSORSHIP
Applications for the Dunlop Asia Fellowships
HEALTH
NZ's society for youth health professionals
Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health news
INDIGENOUS YOUTH
The Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience goes national
Youth services in the Whitsundays
Indigenous incarceration and health
MENTAL HEALTH
First Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium
Online therapy: helping treat depression in rural areas
MOVEMENTS, CHANGES, MILESTONES
Queensland's Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian: new contact details
Gaye Phillips appointed NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People
The Trust for the Study of Adolescence in the UK becomes Young People in Focus
ACE and ACEL to explore a merger
Australian College of Educators Medal 2009
PARTICIPATION
New civics and citizenship program for Victorian secondary students
PUBLIC SPACE
Consultation paper on surveillance in public places
RIGHTS
UN responses to human rights issues in Australia
New South Wales Commission for Children and Young People: 'Captured by kids'
RURAL YOUTH
SEXUAL HEALTH
SOCIAL ISSUES
The social inclusion agenda and the not-for-profit sector: national compact
Community Building National Network
SUICIDE PREVENTION
Getting the message on suicide prevention to rural and regional Australia
Call for input into the 'Building Connections' project (Victoria)
VIOLENCE
Plan to reduce violence against women and children
NZ The Next project uses hip hop to get the message across that violence is not OK
Solving the jigsaw: Changing the culture of violence, building a culture of wellbeing
YOUTH AFFAIRS
'State of Australia's Young People'
The State of Affairs for Young People and Workers in Victoria: YACVic's 2009 State Conference