Twenty four year old Trisha Broadbridge, from Victoria, is the 2006 Young Australian of the Year. Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Kay Patterson,…
Just Add You is the theme for the seventh annual National Youth Week (NYW), where thousands of events, concerts and competitions will be held to…
A delegation of young Australians will be representing the nation on board the Ship for World Youth on voyage from 10 January to 2 March…
E&OE Good morning to you all. I would like to begin by acknowledging the elders and traditional owners of the Ngunnawal people on whose land…
E&OE Thank you Professor Fairbairn for your introduction Good morning to all of you attending this important conference I would like to begin by acknowledging…
E&OE Opening Address It is a great pleasure to be with you all here this morning and I would like to begin by acknowledging the…
Around 70 young Muslims will attend a National Summit for Young Australian Muslims, co-hosted by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and…
E&OE Thank you (Leonie or Joanna), for your introduction and for inviting me here today to speak with members of the Care Leavers Australian Network…
E&OE Thank you Anne (Hollonds, CEO of RA NSW – or may be Clive Price, Executive Director of Unifam) for your introduction I would first…
Fifteen organisations have been nationally recognised for their contributions to reducing and preventing child abuse and neglect, at the 2005 National Child Protection Awards held…
Service providers, groups and individuals will have the opportunity to contribute to the future direction of their local community at an open forum in Nambour,…
More than 40 families from the Tumut Shire will benefit from over $70,000 in Howard Government funding for a new Long Day Care centre in…
The Howard Government will deliver almost $1 million in funding for the continuation of two youth services in Dubbo and the Cobar/Bogan/Warren region as part…
E&OE Thank you to Helen Berry (Board President) for your introduction I would like to begin with an acknowledgement of the elders and traditional owners…
A new federally funded residential treatment facility in regional Victoria, will help the Australian Government’s Tough on Drugs Strategy, to further reduce illicit drug use,…
E&OE I would like to begin by acknowledging the elders and traditional owners of the Ngunnawal people on whose land we are meeting today It…
Practitioners working with men and fathers had the opportunity to discuss issues affecting men and their family relationships at a forum in Canberra today. The…
There are 100,000 more Australians who are fully self-funded retirees than four years ago as more people become less reliant on Government income support. The…
Seventeen young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders met for the first time in Canberra to explore new ways to shape the future direction of Indigenous…
The 30 members of the National Youth Roundtable 2005 today met with Ministers of the Howard Government to discuss the project plans for their upcoming…
All Australians should take steps to make their communities child friendly in order to reduce and ultimately prevent child abuse and neglect, the Parliamentary Secretary…
The Parliamentary Secretary for Children and Youth Affairs, the Hon Sussan Ley, today joined Prime Minister John Howard in welcoming the announcement by Pope Benedict…
The level of support provided to children and young people in out of home care and their transition to independent living will be examined at…
The Australian Government’s longstanding support for the Young Australian of the Year Awards is a recognition and celebration of the many young Australians who make…
Twelve organisations have been successful in securing a share in $12 million over the next four years under the Howard Government’s Mentor Marketplace programme. The…