Lower the voting age to 16
The evidence shows elsewhere that [young people} have been taking up the vote when they have the opportunity to do so, and in Australia we know… that young people are …
Standing with First Nations
Successive Governments have failed our First Nations People. In 1992, Paul Keating in his Redfern speech called on us to, in essence, participate in the truth-telling: … the starting point might be to …
Early Childhood Education and Care
The issues Every child deserves the best possible start in life. Where you live and your parent’s cultural heritage should not be a barrier. According to the Productivity Commission: early …
Youth Mental Health
A world-first review into youth mental health describes a lack of action as a “scandal” that is having big implications for the health, wellbeing and productivity of young people. Professor …
Nuclear weapons and power
“So long as anyone has nuclear weapons, others will want them. So long as anyone possesses nuclear weapons, they are bound, one day, to be used, by accident or miscalculation …