Australia21’s YoungA21 Committee advises the Board from a youth perspective, proposes potential future topics and facilitates two-way mentoring between young Australia21 volunteers and Board members. More information on YA21 can be found here.
Watch this space for news about the YoungA21 Committee, and the projects that it leads.
Neuroscientific research and expert clinical experience show emotions influence every decision we make, so new doctors need to be mindful of the impacts.
We’re helping to train doctors of the future, taking a good hard look at inequality & launching a groundbreaking report on PTSD among first responders.
Manuel Cardoso, who reformed Portugal’s drug policy, tells Australians that humanism, pragmatism and cooperation were are the heart of the legal change.
Australian politicians have again failed the community by refusing to confront the implications of climate change for Australia’s national security.
Pill testing at the Groovin the Moo festival in Canberra was only a trial. More testing will provide quantitative and qualitative data about the benefits.
The Greens’ call to legalise cannabis has set off alarm bells: why make it easier to get a dangerous drug? The answer may surprise you!
Do today’s young people have the ability the manage the mess they’re about to inherit? Read some of their opinions and make up your own mind.
The number of teenagers & young adults being arrested or hospitalised due to drug use continues to rise. Time to get Smarter About Drugs by talking openly!
Young people are faced with more uncertainties than ever before – and work, and how it will fit into their lives, is one of the big unknowns.
Young people are faced with more uncertainties than ever before – and work, and how it will fit into their lives, is one of the big unknowns.
In an Australian first, a new teaching resource gives school students the tools for informed discussion and evidence-based analysis of drug policies.
There is perhaps no greater anguish than that of a parent whose child suffers and dies while governments ignore evidence that could save their lives.
Populist agendas do not make for effective health policy: The SA Opposition should promise better drug education instead of sniffer dogs in schools.
Science communicator & entrepreneur Andy Barley is appointed as Honorary Youth Adviser, to steer Australia21’s Board on youth engagement with public policy.
A Melbourne secondary school has confirmed it will be the first to use the Smarter About Drugs Conversation Pack, to engage its students in open and informed discussions about illicit drugs […]
Aah-Young Choi is one of Australia21’s youngest members, currently completing Year 12 at a high school in Sydney. Aah-Young has recently joined the YoungA21 Committee and reflects on this experience, […]
The modern world of work is both an exciting and uncertain place for young people. Young Australians today face a world of work completely different from the past. Debate about […]
Smarter about Drugs: A Conversation Pack is a resource designed to help educators facilitate critical and informed discussions among students about drug and alcohol issues. It aims to create awareness […]
When even police and prison officers are calling for drug law reform, you know it’s time for our politicians to support change. Burying their heads in the sand will only […]
