AYAC Reports

In response to the Australian Government’s review of the Welfare system, the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (AYAC) conducted a consultation of young people who had experience of the Welfare [...]

The AYAC National Snapshot of Youth Work 2013 – Full Research Report is available now on the AYAC website! The Full Research Report contains additional data, tables and figures from our [...]

The 2012-13 financial year was a highly productive one for AYAC. During the 12 months, we surveyed 1,215 young Australians, polled 1,886 members of the public on their perceptions of youth work, [...]

AYAC believes that young people are experts in their own lives and their own experiences. In August 2013, AYAC partnered with The Australia Institute to conduct a quantitative survey of young [...]

For many years, the youth work sector across Australia has been speaking out about the barriers they face to providing the best possible support to young Australians in need. But throughout this [...]

Written by the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, this Australian Government Publication provides examples of youth engagement approaches from across the Commonwealth on how young people engage [...]

Insights from the Coalface: The value of Justice Reinvestment for young Australians based on consultations with over 150 youth sector workers around Australia. The report calls for action as [...]

In May 2012, the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition and Reconciliation Australia launched the Yarn About Youth program to find out what issues matter to young people and how young people and the [...]

The last twelve months have been a very important time in the life of AYAC. We believe that AYAC has truly cemented its place in the national youth affairs landscape. It has been a year of hard [...]

Current government policy strongly advocates that young people finish Year 12, then move from school to further training and/or to paid employment.To combat high youth unemployment and poor [...]