Check out AYAC’s report on building social cohesion WITH young people.
The report explores how 1,186 young Australians feel about belonging, fairness, and having a voice in society. It offers insights into what’s working, what’s not, and how things could change to make Australia a place where all young people feel valued and included.
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10/09/2025
Building Social Cohesion WITH Young People: A Call for Dialogue and Action
Check out AYAC’s summary report on the consultations with children and young people it facilitated in partnership with the eSafety Commission on the social media minimum age.
The report presents the views of over 50 young people from all over Australia with diverse lived experiences on the changes to the minimum age for social media and how these might be implemented.
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04/09/2025
AYAC & eSafety - Consultations with children and young people on the social media minimum age
Check out the Nested Model of Youth Work developed by Dr Dean Farquhar (AYAC) and Michael McKenna (YouthAction NI).
The model brings together over 35 years of insight from the practice and study of youth work.
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08/06/2025
Nested Model of Youth Work: A Worker’s Guide
AYAC’s 2025-2026 Pre-Budget submission outlines out our key asks for Australian young people and the youth sector, as well as asks for us as an organisation.
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12/03/2025
AYAC 2025 - 2026 Pre-Budget Submission
Power to the (Young) People: Embedding Young People’s Needs and Priorities in Public Policy
AYAC is pleased to launch our youth policy report: Power to the (Young) People: Embedding Young People’s Needs and Priorities in Public Policy.
This report presents a range of policy options that reinforce and build on existing youth strategies, to improve the quality and responsiveness of public policy to young people and ultimately strengthen the relationship between young people and government. This report considers a range of policy options and examples from Australia and internationally. These include:
national youth strategies
youth impact assessments
national youth parliaments
youth quotas
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02/12/2024
Councils, Committees, and YAGs (oh my!): On Formal Youth Leadership
AYAC is pleased to launch our youth leadership report: Councils, committees, and YAGs (oh my!): On formal youth leadership.
The report is structured around three research questions:
What is youth leadership?
What ‘works’ in youth leadership?
How might we best meet future youth leadership needs?
This report is primarily focused on formal youth leadership – think student representative councils, youth advisory groups, youth parliaments, and the like.
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30/10/2024
AYAC 2024–25 Budget Summary
This briefing provides an overview of the key initiatives announced by the Australian Government in the 2024-2025 May Budget that will affect young people in Australia.
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17/05/2024
Young People at the Polling Booth
We asked young people to share what is most important when deciding how to vote at the election.
National Definition of Youth Work
The National Definition of Youth Work was formed through a series of consultations and workshops.
Youth Work Snapshot
The National Snapshot of Youth Work provides a profile of the youth work sector.
Yarn about Youth
Reconciliation Australia and AYAC launched Yarn About Youth to explore how we can progress reconciliation.
Beyond Earn or Learn
The Beyond Lear or Earn project reviewed education and employment programs for young people.