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Raising the age to 12 doesn't go far enough

  • While a step in the right direction, this falls short of what young people need, and is a missed opportunity to break a preventable cycle of trauma and harm.
  • Media releases
  • Government and youth policy
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Youth justice
  • Disability

Victorian Government must fully commit to diverting children from prison and raise the age to 14

  • Media releases
  • Disability
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Youth justice
  • Child protection

Congratulations to YDAS Staff appointed to Victorian Disability Advisory Council

  • Disability
  • Media releases

Coronavirus supplement welcome but students and disabled young people shouldn’t miss out

  • Government and youth policy
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Education, training and employment
  • Media releases
  • Youth sector
  • Disability
  • Rural and regional

Disabled young people in Victoria win with funding to become leaders

  • Disability
  • Media releases
  • Youth participation
  • Youth sector

Federal budget 2019 – where are the young people?

  • Media releases
  • Disability
  • Rural and regional
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Education, training and employment
  • Government and youth policy
  • Budget

YDAS condemns bullying of young people with disability

  • Media releases
  • Disability
  • Mental health and wellbeing

Safe Schools are for everyone, say youth and disability advocates

  • LGBTIQA+
  • Disability
  • Media releases
  • Education, training and employment