Tarneit students pushed for mental health confidentiality in midst of lockdown

October 25, 2021

After extended lockdowns, Tarneit Senior College students are advocating for greater mental health confidentiality.

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Young people shift into gear to fight for better buses

October 25, 2021

A group of five young people from Ballarat are fighting for better buses in the regional city as part of the YMCA’s Victorian Youth Parliament program.

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Youth push for solutions to raise the age of criminal responsibility

October 18, 2021

Victoria’s youth want to see the age of criminal responsibility raised from 10 to 14, with a bill passing Victorian Youth Parliament last Monday that sets out to do just that. 

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Compulsory LGBTQIA+ Education for Primary School Students

October 5, 2021

Six young students from Westbourne Grammar in Melbourne’s west have fought for compulsory LGBTQIA+ education in primary schools.

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Students advocate for Neurodivesity Educational Bill

October 4, 2021

They hope their audience nonetheless came away from the debate thinking, “this is something that needs to change”.

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Victoria’s Youth Parliament Passes Gender-Neutral Toilets Bill

October 2, 2021

Young Victorians have shown their support for mandatory gender-neutral bathrooms in all public buildings this week. 

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Victorian Youth Parliament 2021 wrap-up

October 26, 2021

Bills young people present at the Victoria Youth Parliament show the us the world they want to live in.

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Victorian young people call for mandatory reconciliation in schools

October 25, 2021

The Victoria Youth Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of Mandatory Reconciliation Action Plans in Schools.

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Students push for empathy training for Victorian Police

October 25, 2021

Lockdown hasn’t stopped Newhaven College students advocating for compulsory empathy training surrounding sensitive issues for Victorian Police, at the YMCA Victoria Youth Parliament.

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Moyne pass Sustainable Agriculture Incentives Bill

October 2, 2021

A team of six young people from Moyne Shire were thrilled when their Sustainable Agriculture Incentives Bill passed the Victorian Youth Parliament.

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Missing Youth Parliament?

September 30, 2021

Jacob from YPG sat down with a bunch of this year’s Youth Parliament participants and Taskforce to discuss all things youth politics.

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Castlemaine students’ Youth Parliament team to push for gender-neutral toilets

September 24, 2021

Chloe, 17, went to the bathroom at their school in Castlemaine one day, only to find that the door was locked.”

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Students push for safe spaces for recreational hooning

September 24, 2021

A team of students from Keilor believe they have a solution to the state’s hooning problem, which they are taking to parliament.

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Full List of Bills Passed 2021

October 7, 2021

Topics debated in the Youth Parliament show what really matters to young people. So which bills passed and which didn’t? Full list of bills passed 2021: Compulsory First Nations Education in Schools Bill Compulsory LGBTQI+ Education for Upper Primary School Students Bill Compulsory Training for Victorian Police Surrounding Sensitive Issues Bill Criminalisation of Coercive Control […]

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