In early September in Brisbane YANQ conducted a Youth Social Policy Solutions Workshop.  The aim of the workshop was to explore possible solutions to the main challenges facing young people. In particular...

• Which solutions are the priorities?
• Are there any solutions that might address a number of the issues commonly raised with YANQ by the sector?
• Is there willingness in the sector to come together behind a common cause?

You can read the outcomes of the workshop here ( 520kb) or read on for a summary of the ideas discussed.

In Fact is an occasional publication intended as a fact sheet giving basic information. In Fact is published on specific topics eg State and Federal Budgets, elections and the like.

The following documents relate to Police 'Move-on' powers in Queensland.

Presentation by Eva Cox, Centre for Policy Development, at the Youth Action and Policy Association (YAPA), NSW Youth Work Conference 2009

Content:

- Instant guide for policy making

- Where do you find "the policy"?

- Where do the ideas for government policies come from?

- How is policy established and changed?

- Role of stakeholders

- Handy hints

- Putting up policy proposals

- Useful websites

Editors note: Queensland version of useful websites -

Queensland Legislation

Contact details for all Queensland Government Departments

Contact details for Queensland Government Other Agencies

This is YANQ's Refugee Policy.  It was launched at the State Youth Affairs Conference held April 2003.

 Refugee Policy 87.93 Kb

Tis submission was made on October 28, 2005 by YANQ to the Brisbane City Council, opposing their application to grant move-on powers to Police in King George Square, Kurilpa Point and New Farm Park.

 Submission to BCC Opposing Move on Powers 238.65 Kb

P.S. June 2006.  The State Government has since passed legislation giving move-on powers to police in all public spaces in Queensland.

This document is YANQ's response to the Office of Fair Trading's consultation paper on the review of the Security Providers Act (1993).

Download the submission:   sbmssn_-_security_providers_act_0305 284.54 Kb

On the 21st of February 2007 YANQ facilitated a workshop with members of the South West Youth Network (SWYN) exploring ways that youth workers can (and might) participate in youth policy development and advocacy. 

The aims of the workshop were to:

• Share strategies that youth workers and their networks can use to engage with and influence the development of Government policy (at State or Federal levels) that impacts on young people and their services.
• Provide an opportunity for YANQ to share information about the opportunities it provides to networks to participate in policy development; and
• Provide SWYN an opportunity to inform YANQ on ways its members think they can best engage with policy development and advocacy and how YANQ might be able to support this.

To read about the outcomes of the workshop download this report:  SWYN Youth Policy Engagement Workshop 477.22 Kb

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) has provided a toolkit for young people to evaluate national youth policy.

excerpt from Gillian Marshall's address to NESB (Non-English Speaking Background) Youth Issues Network

By Peter Hay, Evatt Foundation

In this conference paper Pete Hay argues that democracy exists when there is meaningful - as opposed to merely formal or symbolic - involvement of ordinary people in the shaping of the decisions to which they are thereafter subject.

The UK's National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) undertook a review of the literature on the impact of the voice of young people on policy and practice, and on young people themselves.

While housing & homelessness continues to be the most common issue of concern amongst youth interagencies in Queensland, readers may be interested in this comparison (below) of the housing policies of the major parties prepared by National Shelter.

In November 2006, Queensland Community Housing Coalition Ltd, Bond University and LandPartners entered into a joint venture agreement to produce an industry research paper based on the following objectives:

• To identify how the planning system in Queensland impacts on housing affordability and its supply.
• To engage stakeholders, through separate focus group sessions in order to identify common ground in relation to  planning issues and AffordableHousing.
• To conduct a literature review of examples identified by the Focus Groups assuccessful in the provision of Affordable Housing.
• To examine regulatory planning tools and incentive based options in providing Affordable Housing.
• To develop recommendations for planning reform.