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Young offenders sentenced to art classes in New York

August 25, 2016 by Graham Barr

An Australian woman’s program in New York State that allows judges to sentence youths to art workshops, instead of jail, could have a place in Australia. ‘Young New Yorkers’ is […]

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Royal Commission – creating child safe organisations

August 25, 2016 by Graham Barr

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been working to identify the key elements that institutions should adopt in order to be child safe. Through a […]

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New risks for disability care workers under the NDIS

August 22, 2016 by Graham Barr

While the number of care jobs is growing, an article in ‘The Conversation’ outlines how cash-for-care systems such as the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) are changing the organisation and […]

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Closing the Prison Gap – Building Cultural Resilience Conference

August 19, 2016 by Graham Barr

Closing the Prison Gap – Building Cultural Resilience Conference. This national conference is being held on October 10 and 11 at Mantra Salt Beach, Kingscliff, Northern NSW. The CTPG conference […]

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The birth of the NDIS – by two of its founders

August 10, 2016 by Graham Barr

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is the biggest social reform in Australia this century. By 2022 it will help half a million people access comprehensive disability support at a […]

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Northern Territory prison’s treatment of intellectually disabled Aboriginal man referred to UN

August 3, 2016 by Graham Barr

The United Nations Human Rights Council is being asked to investigate the case of an intellectually disabled Aboriginal man who has been repeatedly strapped to a restraint chair in an […]

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FACS ‘Active Support’

August 2, 2016 by Graham Barr

The Family and Community Services ‘Active Support’ site shows ways for people with disability to engage in meaningful everyday activities of their choice, with the amount of support they need. The three […]

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December 12, 2017

The ConversationThree reasons Australians should be concerned that NGOs’ voices are not being heard. A healthy democracy is built on the premise that public debate should allow for many and diverse voices to be heard as part of the contest for ideas that informs policymaking. If Australians want this to be the case, the current state of play offers three reasons for concern.

December 11, 2017

Family MattersThe Family Matters Report 2017 shows the rate at which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are removed from their families continues to be an escalating national crisis. Without immediate action from all levels of government further generations of children will be lost to their families, cultures and communities. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are 9.8 times more likely to be living in out-of-home care than non-Indigenous children.

December 7, 2017

Mission AustraliaMission Australia have just released results from their 16th Youth Survey, in which 24,055 young people aged 15 to 19 took part. Young people identified mental health, alcohol and drugs and equity and discrimination as the most important issues in Australia today, with around one third of young people identifying mental health (33.7%) or alcohol and drugs (32.0%) as important issues in Australia today and almost three in ten respondents identifying equity and discrimination (27.3%) as a major issue. 

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