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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAfter acting as a partner in the Music Feedback project in 2012, YACWA has this year become the lead agency in the delivery of the project for 2013. Music Feedback focused on the synergy between mental health and music...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn May 2013, AYAC released the report National snapshot of youth work. The National snapshot provides AYAC with vital information about where youth workers are, what they are doing and what challenges they face in their...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe SA Health response to the public consultation and review of non-hospital-based health services has supported the majority of recommendations including a significant reduction to, and a narrowing of the eligibility...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedYoung people making it work: Continuity and change in rural places Cuervo, H. & Wyn, J. 2012, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, ISBN 9780522860979, pbk. Young people making it work explores the identities and...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn response to the challenges raised by young offenders and those at-risk of entering the justice system in the Northern Territory, a key policy platform of the incoming NT Government was the introduction of youth boot...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe sleep patterns of adolescents are unique to their developmental stage, but there is also variation in these patterns among countries, differences that may have an effect on adolescent functioning and wellbeing. The...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn this paper, young people enrolled in foundation skills courses compare their experiences at TAFE with their experiences at school. Interviews were conducted with 30 early school leavers who were enrolled in...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe LNP government in Queensland is continuing with its slash and burn policy and the youth sector continues to suffer badly. Successful programs such as Youth Justice Conferencing have already been scrapped and...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAt YNOT, organisation continues for the Tasmanian Youth Conference 2013 (TYC13), which is open to both young people and the wider youth sector. A diverse array of keynote speakers and presentations have been confirmed,...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAcademic literature on sexting, to date, has lacked the perspective of young people. This Australian study, which defines sexting as "the production and distribution of sexually explicit images via technology", aims to...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedSince the mid-1990s, a great deal of social research has found young people's political knowledge and interest lacking. Work on youth participation also finds young people apathetic and disengaged from politics....
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedSomazone is an Australian website developed and monitored by the Australian Drug Foundation and designed to assist young people 'to ask questions, share stories and get help for mental health issues, sexual health,...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAlthough this article looks at the way the Coalition government in the UK understands "youth", it is relevant to Australia in that it demonstrates the way in which the concept of "youth" can be interpreted--and possibly...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBody image concerns have been highlighted as a key issue for young Australians. Drawing on qualitative research, this paper contextualises the current sociological interest in the body, and explores the ways that the...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAlthough there is much agreement on what it is that youth workers do, Australia does not currently have a national, fully agreed definition of youth work. This year, AYAC has been working with representatives from...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe state government has announced that it will put draft legislation to parliament this year that supports passenger restrictions and night-time driving restrictions for PI drivers and an extension from two to three...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe making of a generation: The children of the 1970s in adulthood Lesley Andres and Johanna Wyn 2010, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ISBN 9780802094674, pbk. 'Generation' is a term usually deployed in two...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedI'd never worked at a permanent job until I came to Australia, and, looking back, I was still a child. It's unemployment that stunts your growth more than accepting benefits, and that's why I say I didn't grow up....
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedYouth Week 2013 in the NT had a packed program of events in many regions of the NT. From youth circus performances in Mutitjulu to couch surfing races down Darwin's Mitchell St, the NT was abuzz with celebration! Well...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe subject of this paper is research that explored how young people use text messages and songs stored on their mobiles and MP3 players to escape everyday life. Two separate research studies from Australia and Sweden...