An atmosphere of panic is building over the potential of the next generation to "lead" our society. All the disparaging talk of Generation X during the 1980s — a glib way of dealing with youth dissatisfaction over a growing
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In yet another attempt to treat the symptoms rather than causes of the current crisis in schools, Adelaide principals have canvassed the introduction of sniffer dogs into high schools to detect drugs. In response to worries about
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Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has found at least one young person interested in helping drive its racist politics. At the first annual general meeting of One Nation in Brisbane on October 4, 22-year-old Vanessa Stewart was
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Before being sacked from the federal Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio, Senator Amanda Vanstone released a graph to the media which was supposed to show that the government had not cut funding to
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Youth rights under attack in the NTOver the last 12 months the Country Liberal Party (CLP) government in the Northern Territory has taken or proposed a range of repressive and unreasonable actions in relation to perceived
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On July 19, 72 university student activists began a trip to the site of the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. They had been attending the Students and Sustainability Conference in
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Halleluiah! It seems we have been worrying needlessly about the impact of unemployment and cuts to public education on young people. According to an article in the September 6-7 Weekend Australian, the idea that today's youth
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NTEU criticises Abstudy cutsOn September 9 the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union publicly pledged support for a national day of action on September 11, organised by indigenous educators to fight cuts to
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The Australian Council of Social Services, Australian Youth Policy and Action Coalition, National Youth Coalition for Housing, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Catholic Social Welfare Commission, other welfare rights groups and the
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Gay youth at higher risk of suicideA University of Minnesota research team released a report on August 27 showing that gay youth are seven times more likely to kill themselves than their heterosexual counterparts. The
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On university campuses there have been increasing attacks on the idea of having women's officers and women's rooms. Arguments against women's right and need to organise separately have also been raised. These
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In a submission to the government's West review into higher education, the Industry Commission has argued that radical "market-based" reform and more competition are the logical next steps after the deregulation of the 1980s.