Consultations
The Australian Government wants to hear from you! We are developing a youth engagement strategy to improve how we work with young people now and into the future.
We want to hear from young people aged 12–25 across Australia, their advocates, the youth sector and governments. You can join in and have a say on the issues that matter to you by:
- attending a consultation
- filling out a short survey
- responding to our discussion paper.
Upcoming consultations
This is a list of places we'll be going to as part of the National Youth Consultations. You can also register by email or contact us if you have any questions at youth@education.gov.au
| Date | State | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September | Queensland | Brisbane | Youth Parliament |
| 25 September | Queensland | Brisbane | Register now for the sector roundtable |
| 26 September | Queensland | Logan | Register now for the workshop |
| 26 September | Queensland | Logan | Logan Youth Foyer Consultation |
| 27 September | National | Online | Register now for the online sector roundtable |
| 27 September | Queensland | Brisbane | Register now for the workshop |
| 28 September | Western Australia | Perth | Register now for the workshop |
| 28 September | Western Australia | Perth | Register now for the sector roundtable |
Places we’ve been
Below is a list of places we've visited. Follow us on Instagram to see how it went!
| Date | State | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June | Western Australia | Perth | Perth Town Hall |
| 15 June | New South Wales | Queanbeyan | PCYC Fit for Life |
| 15 June | National | Online | Sector consultation |
| 17–18 June | New South Wales | Sydney Showground Olympic Park | Supanova Comic Con |
| 29 June | Victoria | Mildura | Mildura Rural City Council Youth Services Consultation |
| 30 June | Victoria | Colignan | Penrite Hattah Desert Race |
| 7 July | Australian Capital Territory | Canberra | Consultation with the Office for Youth |
| 7 July | Northern Territory | Darwin | Youth Voice NT Consultation |
| 8 July | Northern Territory | Palmerston | Palmerston Youth Festival |
| 10 July | Australian Capital Territory | Canberra | Gather National Youth Dance Meet Up |
| 12–13 July | New South Wales | Western Sydney | Nations of Origin |
| 12 July | Australian Capital Territory | Canberra | Youth Sector Consultation with the Youth Coalition of the ACT |
| 20 July | Victoria | Carlton | Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network Consultation |
| 26 July | Australian Capital Territory | Canberra | ANU Bush Week Market Day |
| 8 August | Queensland | Weipa | Western Cape Clontarf Academy Consultation |
| 8 August | Queensland | Mission River | PCYC Napranum Consultation |
| 9 August | Queensland | Cairns | Headspace Cairns Consultation |
| 9 August | Queensland | Cairns | Deadly Inspiring Youth Doing Good Consultation |
| 10 August | Queensland | Mount Isa | Injilinji Youth Service Consultation |
| 10 August | Queensland | Mount Isa | Young People Ahead Consultation |
| 15 August | Victoria | Melbourne | Music careers expo |
| 16 August | Tasmania | Launceston | Workshop |
| 17 August | Tasmania | Hobart | Workshop |
| 17 August | Tasmania | Hobart | Sector roundtable |
| 22 August | South Australia | Adelaide | Music careers expo |
| 28 August | Queensland | Ipswich | Music careers expo |
| 4 September | New South Wales | Tamworth | Workshop |
| 4 September | New South Wales | Tamworth | Sector roundtable |
| 6 September | New South Wales | Broken Hill | Workshop |
| 7 September | National | Online | Workshop |
| 8 September | New South Wales | Cooma | Y Space Cooma – Office for Youth stall |
| 12 September | New South Wales | Sydney | UNSW Welcome Week |
| 12 September | South Australia | Adelaide | Sector roundtable |
| 12 September | South Australia | Adelaide | Workshop |
| 14 September | Victoria | Melbourne | Sector roundtable |
| 14 September | Victoria | Melbourne | Workshop |
| 19 September | New South Wales | Sydney | Sector roundtable |
| 19 September | New South Wales | Sydney | Workshop |
| 21 September | National | Online | Workshop |
Consultations stakeholder kit
In 2023 the Office for Youth will visit cities and towns across Australia to consult with young people.
This kit provides stakeholders with content to help promote these consultations and encourage young people to attend.
Youth survey
Aged 12–25? You can fill out this survey to share your thoughts with us on issues that matter most to you. We'll use your feedback to help develop a new strategy.
Discussion paper
We have published a discussion paper asking young people, their advocates, the youth sector and governments to give us advice to help develop the strategy.