Revolve was a youth research paper that was written by Dave Fagg and Vivianne Gloz while they were working with YFC. Revolve explored many issues that are still relevant to Australian youth today. Editions were produced quarterly and covered a number of issues including indigenous youth, religion, technology and sexuality. I recently asked Dave Fagg [...]

The YES Project Youth participation in the electoral process is of great concern in Western democracies today. For many years we have known that young people are less likely to enroll to votethan older groups. This national study is attempting to uncover the reasons why this is so and also look at what motivates Australia’s [...]

Formal mentoring aims to provide young people with support and guidance through planned relationships with positive adult and peer role models; it does so within a framework which includes experienced and qualified staff and trained volunteers. A large volunteer effort in Australia supports mentoring for young people from primary school age to young adulthood and [...]

A report commissioned by The Foundation for Young Australians from the Australian Youth Research Centre at The University of Melbourne. This report examines the opportunities and issues around young people in decision making roles. It provides current thinking on “better practice” as well as a reflective toolkit that has been developed for working alongside young [...]

A national survey of 14,700 young people, aged 11-24 (95% between 11-19), has found family conflict, alcohol and other drugs and body image are their three main issues of concern, according to the survey’s authors, community service organisation, Mission Australia.

When asked to rank 12 issues in level of importance, family conflict was ranked most frequently [...]

Mission Australia has released their 2005 Youth Survey Report, it’s a 99 page pdf document. This national survey of around 11,300 young people, aged 11-24 (94% between 11-19), has found that ‘suicide/self harm’, ‘physical/sexual abuse’ and ‘family conflict’ are issues of growing concern. The survey identifies the key issues of concern to young people, what [...]

By Professor Trang Thomas AM and Dr Rivka Witenberg, RMIT University – A report for the Australian Multicultural Foundation

Racial prejudice can lead to friction, disharmony and even physical violence. It is a major social problem in many societies and one from which Australia is not immune. However, evidence is accumulating that living in harmony may [...]

Media Release: Religious Media Media Release: General Media The Spirit of Generation Y project (2003-2006), is a national study of spirituality among Australian young people in their teens and twenties, conducted by researchers from Australian Catholic University, Monash University and the Christian Research Association. The research consisted of a survey of a nationally representative sample [...]

Around forty years ago the age profile of church attenders matched the wider community, but since the 1960s, younger generations went missing.   Latest results from the 2006 National Church Life Survey confirm the size of the current gap between church and community, as well as denominational variations. This is ‘old news’ but the need for [...]