The following response firstly considers the four key platforms or statements made in the Foreword of the 2013 Queensland Youth Strategy and reiterated throughout the strategy and then each of its 6 “areas of connection” in terms of:

• Whether each area reflects key concerns for young people and for the youth sector
  
• The relevance of the attached action plan in addressing each area, and
  
• What is missing.
  

This analysis clearly demonstrates that the Queensland Government, acting without any consultation with young people (especially those from marginalised groups) or with youth sector representatives, have developed a weak, under-resourced, inconsistent framework which is unlikely to benefit those young Queenslanders who most need services and supports.

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During 2005 and 2006 the Queensland Government's Department of Education announced plans to amend the Education (General Provisions) Act (1989).  This Act governs education in Queensland and how it is delivered to young people. During 2005 and 2006 the Queensland Government's Department of Education announced plans to amend the Education (General Provisions) Act (1989).  This Act governs education in Queensland and how it is delivered to young people.

Below are two submissions that YANQ made in relation to the proposed changes to the Act.  The first submission (March 2005) was in response to a consultation paper that was released late in 2004.  The second submission was made in March 2006, in response to the detailed Draft Education (General Provisions) Bill.

1.  Submission to Education Laws for the Future Consultation Paper (March 2005) 262.04 Kb
2.  Response to the Draft Education (General Provisions) Bill (March 2006) 351.67 Kb