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Response to the Queensland Youth Strategy

26/8/2013

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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Submission to the National Human Rights Consultations

17/6/2009

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Click here to download YANQ's Draft Submission to the National Human Rights Consultations. The Commonwealth Government is conducting an Inquiry into human rights in Australia through a National Human Rights Consultation. YANQ's submission is now available. Thank you to our members who provided comment.

The National Human Rights Consultation has invited organisations and citizens to submit their view on the following questions:

Which human rights and responsibilities should be protected and promoted?
Are human rights sufficiently protected and promoted?
How could Australia better protect and promote human rights?

Heather Stewart prepared YANQ's submission in response to these questions. The submission focuses on the effectiveness of the Human Rights Charter proposed by the National Human Rights Consultation Committee.

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