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    More than 60 organizations are urging political leaders to commit to establishing a national youth peak body to give young Australians a formal voice in the new government. The letter highlights that over 1 in 5 Australians are between 12-25 years old, yet young people currently have no mechanism to inform policy-making. It notes many challenges facing youth like unemployment, housing affordability, and lower living standards than previous generations. The letter challenges all parties to commit to ensuring the youth voice is heard through a body that represents young people, provides youth-informed policy advice, and allows the government to consult and engage with youth.

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    More than 60 organizations are urging political leaders to commit to establishing a national youth peak body to give young Australians a formal voice in the new government. The letter highlights that over 1 in 5 Australians are between 12-25 years old, yet young people currently have no mechanism to inform policy-making. It notes many challenges facing youth like unemployment, housing affordability, and lower living standards than previous generations. The letter challenges all parties to commit to ensuring the youth voice is heard through a body that represents young people, provides youth-informed policy advice, and allows the government to consult and engage with youth.

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    More than 60 organizations are urging political leaders to commit to establishing a national youth peak body to give young Australians a formal voice in the new government. The letter highlights that over 1 in 5 Australians are between 12-25 years old, yet young people currently have no mechanism to inform policy-making. It notes many challenges facing youth like unemployment, housing affordability, and lower living standards than previous generations. The letter challenges all parties to commit to ensuring the youth voice is heard through a body that represents young people, provides youth-informed policy advice, and allows the government to consult and engage with youth.

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    MEDIARELEASE:

    Tuesday,28June2016

    Politicalleadersurgedtocommittogivingyoung
    peopleavoiceinnewgovernment
    PoliticalleadersarebeingurgedtoensurethevoicesofyoungAustraliansareheardwithinthe
    newparliamentthroughanationalyouthpeakbodythatprovidesyouthinformedpolicyadviceand
    amediumforpolicymakerstoconsultandengagewithyoungpeople.
    Morethansixtyorganisationsincludingpeakbodies,youthorganisations,communitygroups,
    charities,tradeunions,universities,andadvocacygroupsaredemandingurgentactioninthe
    finaldaysbeforetheelectiontoensuretheincominggovernmentisreadytofacetherealand
    presentchallengesfacingyoungAustralians.
    TheopenlettertotheCoalition,Labor,Greensandminorpartieshighlightsthefactthatwhilemore
    thanoneinfiveAustraliansareagedbetween12to25,andmorethan10percentofallvotersin
    thiselectionwillbeagedunder25,youngAustralianscurrentlyhavenoformalvoiceinthe
    policymakingprocessesofgovernment.
    ItalsohighlightsthefactthatwhiletherearemanychallengesfacingyoungAustralians,suchas
    unemploymentandhousingaffordability,youngpeoplehavethedesire,energyandideastotake
    upthechallengeoffindingsolutions.
    TimesarehardforyoungAustralians,theopenletterstates.Theyarelikelytobeboththefirst
    generationtohavelowerstandardsoflivingthantheirparentsandthefirsttocontributemoreto
    governmentspendingthanreceivefromit.
    Youthunemploymentandunderemploymentremainworryinglyhigh.Oureducationsystemis
    failingtoproperlysupportandtransitionyoungpeopleintothejobsofthefuture.Mostyoung
    peoplearebecominglockedoutofthehousingmarketortakingonmoredebtthaneverbeforeto
    owntheirownhome.Unfairly,someyoungpeoplehaveevenlessopportunities,justbecauseof
    theirbackground,locationoridentity.Manyyoungpeopleareexperiencingseveredisadvantage,
    povertyorhomelessnessatragedyinarichcountrylikeours.
    ThisamountstoabigproblemforallAustralians.Intheyearstocome,wellrelyonyoungpeople
    mosttoleadourcommunities,driveoureconomyandsupportourageingpopulation.Ifyoung
    peoplefeelvaluedandconnectedtoourcountry,wewillallbenefit.
    YoungAustralianswanttobeheardonmanyissues.Theywanttohelpsolvethechallengesthey
    andtheircommunitiesface.ButtheAustralianGovernmentcurrentlysupportsnowaytohear
    youngpeopleorengageorconsultwiththem.
    Thismustchange.
    Theletterconcludesbychallengingallpartiestomakeacommitmentaheadoftheelectionto
    ensuringthevoiceofyoungpeopleisheardthroughanationalyouthpeakbodytaskedwith
    representingyoungAustralianstogovernment,providingyouthinformedpolicyadvice,and
    supportingpolicymakerstoconsultandengagewithyoungpeople.
    Seeoverpageforfullletterandlistofsignatories.
    Mediacomment:
    KatieAcheson,chairperson,AustralianYouthAffairsCoalition0412708964

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