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Our Advocacy
Be a Champion for Children & Young People
Our Policy & Advocacy Priorities
All domains of The Nest
- Invest in an Early Years Strategy – Action Plan
- Legislate an Act for Children including appointment of a Minister for Children
- Appoint a Commissioner for Future Generations
Healthy
- Universal mental health support.
- Increase legislative protections from the marketing of unhealthy and harmful products
Material Basics
- Raise and keep Youth Allowance and JobSeeker above the poverty line.
- Lower costs of tertiary education
Learning
- Universal childcare access.
- Give early childhood educators a raise.
- Fund all public schools equitably.
- Elevate health and wellbeing as KPIs.
Valued, Loved and Safe
- Invest in better ways to help kids than putting them in jail.
- Stronger, faster and more inclusive action on climate change.
Positive Sense of Identity and culture
- Create safer schools to support every child’s identity and culture.
Participating
- Expand youth genuine consultation programs across all governments’ departments.
- Lower the voting age to 16.
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Our loud and clear agenda is to improve the holistic wellbeing of Australia’s children and young people. Informed by the latest evidence, our expert partners and what young people say they want via our Young+Wise Report and Reference Group.
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Our Advocacy
We aim to be a champion for children young people in Australia. FInd out more about our Policy and Advocacy priorities.
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We believe collaboration is key to amplifying impact. Partnering with ARACY means joining a vibrant network of people and organisations committed to making a tangible difference. Find out more about Partnering with us.
ARACY's The Nest
What's in The Nest?
With six connected areas, The Nest ensures young Australians have everything they need for the best start in life, helping them reach their highest potential.
Our Nest projects
Using The Nest, has helped ARACY to be at the forefront of disease prevention and the promotion of holistic health for young Australians.
The Nest initiatives
Here you’ll see some examples of how The Nest has been used in organisations outside of ARACY across Australia.