Our Advocacy
Youth Action advocate on behalf of young people and the Sector to provide advice on systemic issues. Our work is grounded in the voices and lived experiences of the young people and the services who support them.
Supplementary Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Cost of Living (2024)
Since entering our first submission in May 2023, we have continued to hear from young people and the youth sector about how cost of living is affecting young people, especially young people doing it tough.
“Disability is a spectrum and everyone with disability is going to look different” (2024)
Youth Action’s Submission to the Inquiry into children and young people with disability in New South Wales educational settings
Youth Peak Bodies Australia-wide call on the Government to Raise the Rate (2024)
Australia’s youth affairs peak bodies collectively call on the
Government to commit to a substantial increase in the base rates of the Job Seeker Payment and Youth Allowance as a matter of priority.
A Fairer NSW for Young People: Youth Action Pre-Budget Submission (2024-25)
Youth Action is asking for a specific focus on young people and the services and supports they need to tackle the challenges they face in the NSW Government 2024-2025 Budget.
Take a health and harm minimisation approach to vaping: Young people’s voices about the programs and services needed to prevent the uptake and continued use of ecigarettes (2023)
Vaping use amongst young people in NSW is a recent phenomenon with young people and those working with them reporting it’s prevalence amongst their peer group.
Creating Great Jobs (2023)
Over the past 3 years, Youth Action has heard from 359 young people about employment. More recently, Youth Action conducted a survey of 35 young people and brought together a working group of young people to look specifically at how employers and young people can work together to create great workplaces.
NSW 2023-24 Budget and Young People
Young people in NSW continue to live with the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis. All areas of their lives have been impacted from education and how they learn, their mental health and wellbeing, their families and connections to communities and support networks, where they call home, and their employment and future career opportunities.
Equity, Accessibility and Appropriate Delivery of Outpatient and Community Mental Health Care in New South Wales (2023)
Young people have spoken to us extensively about mental health and the challenges they have faced in accessing appropriate supports.
Employment Consultations With Young People in Western and South Western Sydney (2023)
In 2022, Jesuit Social Services commissioned Youth Action to undertake a series of consultations with young people 15 – 24 years of age in Western and South West Sydney. Youth Action heard back from 81 young people across 8 sites.
The Voices of Young People on Sexual Violence Report (2023)
In 2022 Youth Action was contracted by the Department of Communities and Justice to undertake engagement with young people 16 – 24 years about sexual violence prevention and response with young people across NSW. This report and its findings will inform the implementation of actions in the NSW Sexual Violence Plan 2022-2027 as they relate to young people.