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Youth work research has come a long way over the past decade or so. We have gone from a profession that was grappling...

July 2, 2015

Another year down and we can’t thank you all enough. In one of the toughest years to hit our sector in over a d...

June 29, 2015

A thought on youth homelessness A former Victorian Premier when asked why he was closing down youth refuges for homel...

June 15, 2015

Family Violence is rampant in Australia There is not a youth worker amongst us that has not had to deal with the scou...

May 26, 2015

There is currently an Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) investigating corrupt spending within...

May 20, 2015

I am wrecked! It has been a long semester so far. Dozens of youth work students pushing hard to finish their qualific...

May 11, 2015

Today I took a bunch of youth work students on a tour of the Melbourne Children’s Court. The Children’s Court o...

April 13, 2015

Who are young people? This might seem like a simple question at face value. It is after all our core business. Young ...

March 25, 2015

I had a discussion with a couple of students the other day which is a regular occurrence in my experience. The studen...

March 17, 2015

The Federal Australian government is currently on the warpath. In their sights: cost cutting. The latest casualty: we...

March 2, 2015