AYAC live on 7’s Weekend Sunrise
AYAC National Director Leo Fieldgrass will be talking about lowering the voting age on Channel 7’s Weekend Sunrise this Saturday morning, 27th September, live from Fed Square! AYAC National [...]
AYAC Funding Not Extended – Help us sustain our future
The Australian Government has confirmed that AYAC’s funding will not continue after 1 July 2014. In spite of this, AYAC remains committed to serving the youth affairs field by providing an [...]
Funding doubts force AYAC closure
AYAC Chairperson, Craig Comrie, speaks to The Wire on community radio about AYAC’s future as an effective national peak body for young Australians and the sector that supports them. To [...]
Inquiry into the National Commission of Audit – AYAC Submission
AYAC has made a written submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Australian Government’s Commission of Audit. Our submission makes an important contribution to the discussion relating to [...]
AYAC helps you train young people to create change
AYAC has launched the Young People Creating Change training toolkit which enables young people and those who work with young people to deliver a 2-day training as an introduction for young people [...]
Youth Portfolios
The incoming Cabinet announced September 16th will not include a Minister for Youth, nor has a dedicated youth portfolio been mentioned. This disappointing omission carries the risk of young [...]
Four Ways To Be A Youth Work SUPERHERO This Election!
A resource for youth workers working with young people 18-25 On September 7th Australia will go to the polls to decide who will lead the country for the next three years.Whoever wins the election [...]
AYAC discusses “Generation Jobless” on ABC Radio talkback
Australia may enjoy relatively low rates of unemployment but many of our young people still struggle to find ongoing work. So, what stumbling blocks do young people face and are things really [...]
Youth vote & political engagement in Australia and overseas – AYAC interview
On September 7th many young Australians will get to cast their vote for the first time. AYAC, as the peak youth organisation in Australia, wants to inform and mobilise young voters, but it’s not [...]
The National Definition of Youth Work in Australia
Read more about the definition, including a breakdown of the terms used (revised Dec 2013) | PDF In 2013 AYAC began work to provide a nationally agreed definition of youth work. In doing so we [...]