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