Wrong way, go back on youth justice
We are entitled to ask: Queensland, where the hell are you?...
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The crucial reform needed to...
With such a high rate of crossover between young Queenslanders in the justice system and those from a child protection background, a simple but proven reform to reduce youth crime and arrests has gone begging in the government’s plan this week...
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NSW lags nationally on caring for...
We have a situation where young people on one side of the Victoria-New South Wales border will have their care extended to the age of 21, while those on the other side will have theirs terminated at 18...
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‘The single most significant...
The game-changing commitment means vulnerable young people will be able to stay in state care until the age of 21...
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An easy win for Queensland’s...
By Paul McDonald23 October 2020 With the Queensland election rushing up to meet us, there is a simple reform that could be life changing – and even life-saving – for the state’s most vulnerable young people. Adopting this single measure would not only reposition the sunshine state as a leader rather than a laggard in … Continue reading "An easy win for Queensland’s major parties to improve young lives"...
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Queensland major parties turn...
MEDIA RELEASETuesday 27 October 2020 Queensland’s major parties have so far ignored an opportunity in the lead-up to the election to give the most vulnerable young people in state care a better start to their adult lives, leaving the state out of step with most of the country, national Home Stretch Chair Paul McDonald said … Continue reading "Queensland major parties turn their backs on the state’s most vulnerable young people as election looms"...
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