ARACY 2026-27 Pre-Budget Submission

ARACY’s 2026–27 Budget Submission amplifies young people’s voices, urging the Australian Government to embed child and youth wellbeing across education, health, justice and social policy through nationally coordinated, prevention-focused reform. ARACY’s 2026–27 Budget Submission is grounded in what young people say is shaping their lives now. Insights from ARACY’s Young and Wise post–Federal Budget roundtable […]

Inquiry: The Australia’s Youth Justice and Incarceration System submission

ARACY’s youth justice submission outlines evidence-based recommendations for Federal, State and Territory Governments, that reframe youth justice as a child wellbeing issue and call for trauma-informed, prevention-focused, nationally coordinated reform. This submission sets out ARACY’s key recommendations for Federal, State and Territory Governments to drive a fundamental transformation of Australia’s youth justice system. Drawing on […]

Where, Who, When in Systems Change

A call for all changemakers to centre Indigenous Knowledge Systems in systems change, this paper shares insights from cross-cultural work and outlines decolonised approaches that strengthen justice, perspective-taking and impact. From the abstract: The growing interest in using Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) to addresssystems change and champion intergenerational justice in Australia has startedto find ways […]