The Scoop July 2016 by YACSA

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YACSA Update Hello and welcome to edition # 10 of The Scoop How about that election? The result was close and the count is taking way longer than we thought it would, but we’ve scraped together enough information for a reasonably comprehensive wrap up of who’s new in the Lower House and the Senate – check out pages 2 to 4. Release of the State Budget was held over until after the election and I attended the Community Interest Group Lockup, which involves representatives from nongovernment organisations being relieved of their phones for a couple of hours and locked in a room with a bunch of public servants (to answer questions), the Treasurer and the full set of budget papers for a preview. After lugging five volumes, two summaries and all the corresponding media releases back to the office, we set about identifying the bits that will impact young people and the youth sector. A couple of weeks ago I was invited to appear as a witness at the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Citizen’s Jury to share my thoughts on how young people could be engaged in the consultation process that’s happening across the state between July and October. YACSA has shared our concerns about young people being excluded from the Citizen’s Jury with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and we’re in the process of preparing our own survey, so keep an eye out on Facebook for more information soon. We were pretty happy to get a big mention in Hansard this month about our submission on the government’s proposed Declared Public Precincts Amendment Bill which would give police powers to ban young people from public space for a period of 24 hours. You can read our full submission here 1 and check the Hansard reference on page 9.

contents YACSA Update

Election Breakdown

2016 State Budget Snapshot

YMCA Youth Parliament

Handy Hansard Pt 1

Handy Hansard Pt 2

Opportunities

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Cheers Anne

Census 2016 Alert Many of you may not have participated in a census before, but it's compulsory! The census will be held on August 9 and you can get fined more than $180 if you miss out! More info at the ABS website.

Election Breakdown Well, we have a result (finally! Kind of?) in the longest election campaign ever and there were certainly a few surprises to come out in the wash. But what does it all mean? Where do we stand now? And where to next?

PM Malcolm Turnbull has retained government but most commentators are saying that his gamble to dissolve an unruly Senate and go to a double dissolution election has backfired. You can see the breakdown for the House of Representatives and Senate below. House of Representatives Election 2016 (two-party preferred)

Election 2013 (two-party preferred)

Liberal Labor

90 seats 55 seats

Liberal Labor

76 seats 69 seats

1 Bill Shorten conceded defeat on July 10 , more than a week after the poll, as it became clear that the Coalition government would win by a slim majority. Despite a swing to Labor across the country (more than 3% twoparty preferred), both parties fielded some of the 2 lowest first preference vote counts in their history, as rising numbers of voters chose to preference minor parties first. Turnbull has had to acknowledge the increased assistance 3 from the National Party in forming government, awarding them two extra frontbench seats .

Minor Party Crossbenchers

Greens Independent Independent Nick Xenaphon Team Independent Adam Bandt Bob Katter Cathy McGowan Rebecca Sharkie Andrew Wilkie The new Cabinet

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced his new cabinet on July 19. As part of the reshuffle, some key ministers have retained their portfolios, others have gained new portfolios and some new ministers have been appointed to cabinet and the outer ministry. The reshuffle includes Josh Frydenberg replacing Greg Hunt as Environment and Energy Minister, Simon Birmingham retaining the portfolio of Education and Training Minister with Karen Andrews becoming the Assistant Minister for Education, Vocation and Skills and Christian Porter retaining the Social Services portfolio. Disappointingly, there is still no Minister for Youth amongst the new appointments. 4

Find the full list of ministerial appointments here , and Bill Shorten's shadow ministry 5 here . 2

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The Senate

While counting in the Senate is not yet complete (only Tasmania and the Northern Territory have finished allocating preferences), we have started to get an idea of what the Senate will 6 look like once it reconvenes at the end of August. There's some new faces, a couple of new parties and one person that we thought was gone forever. Election 2016 (predicted)

Election 2013

Liberal Labor Greens Palmer United Independent Liberal Democrats Family First Australian Motoring Enthusiasts

33 seats 25 seats 10 seats 1 seat 4 seats 1 seat 1 seat 1 seat

Liberal Labor Greens Nick Xenophon Team One Nation Liberal Democrats Jacqui Lambie Derryn Hinch Unknown

30 seats 27 seats 9 seats 3 seats 3 seats 1 seat 1 seat 1 seat 2 seats

Malcolm Turnbull was hoping for a friendlier Senate than that he dissolved, but it looks like he's headed in the opposite direction. If Labor and the Greens both oppose a motion, the Coalition will need nine of the ten Independent Senators for it to pass. That's a heck of a lot of negotiation with some pretty unpredictable personalities. Try it out yourself with this handy 7 Senate legislation counter . New Faces (click here for more information)

Jacqui Lambie Senator Lambie's views can't be easily characterised. She takes a conservative stance on national security issues, but she's become increasingly hostile to the Coalition's economic agenda, heaping praise on Labor's plans for a Royal Commission into the banks.

Pauline Hanson

All candidate information presented here taken from the ABC's 'Who's Who in the Senate Zoo', by Matthew Doran, Stephen Dziedzic and Jane Norman

Derryn Hinch

Nick Xenophon

Stirling Griff

Skye Kakoschke-Moore

Eighteen years after she lost the Queensland seat of Oxley, the rightwing, antiimmigration campaigner is back in Federal Parliament.

The veteran broadcaster will be a political unknown in the Senate, making it difficult to predict exactly how he'll vote on some issues.

The XFactor is strong in South Australia, and popular Senator Nick Xenophon will be returned to Capital Hill with two bench buddies.

Stirling Griff has spent many years working with Senator Xenophon as his campaign manager.

Ms KakoschkeMoore is probably the least well known of the Nick Xenophon candidates.

Her party's policies include stopping all further Muslim immigration, including the intake of refugees.

Mr Hinch has vowed to push for a national public register listing convicted paedophiles.

He was asked if he would support NXT has campaigned Coalition legislation on a promanufacturing to scrap penalty rates platform, taking a for small businesses, protectionist stance on and he replied he the issue of the local would consider it. steel industry collapse.

A law and economics graduate, she has a strong interest in migration policy having worked for the Australian Refugee Association while studying at university.

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What does it all mean and where to next? When the count is finally finished (results expected by March 2027, at the latest) and the dust has settled, well ... what then?

Holding a much weaker majority than they did prior to the election, the Coalition (and PM Turnbull himself) face a difficult task in both Houses. Going into this campaign, the Liberals held a strong mandate and were expected to sail to victory. In the wash, that is decidedly not the case – and both major parties will have to contend with the dissatisfaction expressed by the record number of voters steering away from the Coalition/Labor binary. The Coalition, 8 especially, may struggle to push through budget measures that they announced before the election that may well have contributed to their fall in fortunes. One of the first orders of business once parliament resumes will be to vote on the double 9 dissolution trigger, the ABCC bill, which is still not guaranteed to pass . If the Senate rejects the bill again, there is the possibility of a joint sitting, where both Houses debate the motion and an absolute majority can push the motion through. This has only happened once before, in 1974! After that, it should be business as usual. Bill Shorten has promised to raise a member's bill 10 to legislate for marriage equality when parliament resumes, and the Coalition's new Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg has signalled a shift away from the 11 Abbottera reliance on coal .

nd just a reminder of the

issues that were deciding young people's votes this year ...

These are the top issues that influenced young voters as they cast their vote in July. Here's hoping that the newly elected government takes note! 4

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2016 State Budget Snapshot Back in South Australia, the state government has released its 2016 Budget. Our intrepid ED went along to the lockup and we have trawled through the papers to give you this summary of how this budget will affect young people.

YACSA's take: While the 2016 State Budget demonstrates a focus on job creation through tax and grant incentives and infrastructure projects, the lack of youth focused policies and strategies to specifically tackle unemployment, health, housing and income amongst young people is disappointing. Employment

Job Creation Grants Scheme

Jobs for Tomorrow

The $109.2m (over three years) Job Creation Grant Scheme includes financial incentives for employers to create more jobs.

YACSA also supports the $500m investment in science and technology facilities in public schools in order to prepare young people for the jobs of the future. However, YACSA is concerned that we need to address the lack of jobs now, and without a dedicated youth jobs strategy, there is potential for already high youth unemployment figures in South Australia to persist in the future.

While YACSA supports the scheme, we are disappointed that this program does not focus on unemployed young people. South Australia has a youth unemployment rate of 20.1% and young people, the community sector, the business sector and government need to work together to develop a coordinated jobs strategy. YACSA calls on the government to release program data at the end of the first year to determine who was employed and in what industries so that the following two years can be tailored to address any gaps for young job seekers.

Youth Strategy

The budget includes a DCSI target to develop and release the 2017 Youth Strategy for South Australia. YACSA calls on government to partner with young people and the youth sector to ensure the strategy is meaningful and achievable. The Scoop July 2016

Transport

Public Transport Upgrades While the government has announced transport and infrastructure projects such as the tram extension to East Terrace, young people and the youth sector are telling us that public transport options in rural and regional areas are either unsatisfactory or non existent. A lack of affordable, regular and reliable public transport is a barrier to work, study and socialising. YACSA again calls on government to commit to funding outer metro, rural and regional public transport. Public Transport Fees Increases to public transport fees will see a Metroticket single trip rise by 10 cents to $5.30, a Metrocard single fare to rise by six cents to $3.54 and a regular 28 day pass to increase $2.00 to $121.80. Young people have told us repeatedly that cost prevents them from using public transport or running and maintaining a car. Any increase in fees has the potential to further reduce young people's access to transport. 6

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Commissioner for Children and Young People

Last year the government postponed the Child Development Bill (which provided for a Commissioner for Children and Young People) while they waited for the findings of the Child Protection Systems Royal Commission. Given the significant support for the establishment of a Commissioner, it's disappointing that the government continues to delay the appointment, again failing to allocate funding in this year's budget.

Registration and Licensing Fees Motor vehicle registration fee prices are set to rise by $2.00, $4.00 and $6.00 for 4, 56 and 7 cylinder cars respectively. Driver's licence renewals are also up by $1 for one year and $10 for ten years.

YMCA SA Youth Parliament 2016 Parliament House got a lot fresher during July, as more than 50 young people took over for a week of teamwork, debates, and Pokemon Go. YACSA went along to the closing ceremony and although everyone had had a week of early starts, long days and emotional moments, the vibe in that room was electric. This year's cohort probably set the record for number of hugs in parliament too – something we'd love to see taken up by the oldies!

YMCA SA Youth Parliament is an apolitical program that empowers young people to be advocates for their community. It’s about personal development, youth leadership and connecting politicians and decision makers with youth voices and opinions. Every year, young leaders come together to learn about public speaking, parliamentary etiquette, bill development and youth advocacy. They share their big ideas, discuss the challenges facing South Australia and create solutions in the form of Youth Bills. They debate the Youth Bills in Parliament House which are then given to our politicians. That's real world impact. If this looks like something you'd like to be a part of, check out Youth Parliament's website.

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Handy Hansard Part 1 Hansard is the official report of the debates and proceedings of the SA parliament. We like it because we can see who’s been saying what about youth affairs and young people. You can access it yourself and search for terms, but we look at it regularly so we will provide a snapshot for you in this section of the newsletter. In light of the shocking events at the Don Dale juvenile detention facility, brought to national attention in July by a team of Four Corners reporters, the Hon. Tammy Franks asked several questions of our own Minister for Correctional Services. If you’re keen to read the whole report, you can access it here. She opened with a brief statement summarising the program and giving some context: The Hon. T.A. Franks: As members would be well aware, the Four Corners program this past Monday night portrayed horrific cruelty inflicted on children as young as 10 years old in the Don Dale juvenile detention facility in the Northern Territory. Of course, this is in the context of acceptably and inequitably high youth incarceration rates in this country, and comes some 25 years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, with its 339 recommendations. ...

then asked the Minister four questions.

1.Have any children from the lands, or from South Australia, ended up in Northern Territory juvenile detention in the past 10 years, because, of course, there is a transient nature (particularly in Alice Springs) that the minister is aware of? 2.Has the minister been approached or has he initiated conversations about issuing a letters patent to participate in a royal commission into this particular matter as announced by Prime Minister Turnbull? 3.What is the percentage currently of young people in detention in our state? 4.What is the status of the implementation of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in our state?

The Hon. Minister Malinauskas acknowledged the horror of the Four Corners program: The Hon. P. Malinauskas: I think any decent Australian would have been horrified at the report on Monday night. I have to say that I watched it and was somewhat shocked to see that that sort of treatment of children could occur in our country today.

nd although juvenile detention is not part of his portfolio, he answered several

I understand that the royal commission at this stage is being aimed at what is happening in the Northern Territory, although it may be the case that those terms of reference are expanded and if that occurs, of course, the government will consider any requests from the commonwealth that are made.

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questions in an adult context. In terms of the percentage of prisoners, a figure that I have referred to in the past in this forum and one, of course, which is rather concerning is that, as of 30 June this year, I am advised that 22.6 per cent of the adult prisoner population in South Australia is Aboriginal. It is a massive over representation. I know that many of us are concerned about that. Of course, that is in comparison to an Aboriginal population in the state of South Australia, which I understand is around about 3 to 4 per cent, so it is a massive over representation.

Handy Hansard Part 2 And this month has featured more Hansard news than will fit on one page! The shadow AttorneyGeneral, Vickie Chapman, expressed some doubts over the government's proposed Declared Public Precincts Amendment Bill. She cites several opposed stakeholders, including us! The full transcript is here. The Member for Bragg raised the point that the Bill had not been widely publicised: Ms Chapman: The government briefing provided on this matter suggested that it was not necessary for this bill to go out to consultation directly to stakeholders, including the AHA (Australian Hotels Association). When we inquired (as we would) as to why there had not been a widespread consultation on this, the answer was that in March the AttorneyGeneral put this on his website, and there was a press release. It is possible that people who have an interest in this matter would have a practice (or someone in their organisation) of regularly sitting on the website of the AttorneyGeneral and checking out what he is doing each day. I do not even do that, and I am the shadow attorneygeneral.

nd summarised some of the

concerns for the key stakeholders. As it turns out, when this idea was announced on the website the Youth Affairs Council of South Australia picked it up, and they provided a submission in April this year. Consistent with a number of other submissions, they rightly point out that the police already have considerable powers to deal with someone who is in a place of either committing an offence, or there is the likelihood of someone who, on reasonable grounds, is going to cause some disruption and/or commit a direct offence.

[YACSA] made it quite clear that they considered that there were adequate safeguards under our current legislation. They went so far as to say that it was unnecessary to even have a power to request a person to leave a declared public precinct. As I said, we are not satisfied that there is necessarily a major problem out there, but we are prepared to agree to that extent. The Children and Law Committee and the Aboriginal Issues Committee both considered the proposed bill and confirmed their objection to the same. In respect of young people experiencing homelessness or other forms of social disadvantage or marginalisation, they made the point that:

31. For many young people, being taken home by police is no safer than being permitted to remain in the declared public precinct where they can access services supports and their homeless peer group for support. 32. Young people in a state of primary homelessness tend to use the city as a safe place to stay awake and away from the deeply fractured environment of home rather than sleep rough. They then access specialist youth and homelessness support services upon opening in the morning; services such as Streetlink and TraceAPlace.

Sometimes, we change things on the basis that it is going to introduce a better reform, and we throw out good things with the bad things. Nevertheless, we are satisfied that at least the police ought to be able—if they have reasonable belief in relation to this—to ask that person to move on. We are agreeable to that. What we are not agreeable to is introducing new offences and barring orders which are completely unnecessary and which will target young people.

However, it does raise the question, doesn't it, when governments decide they want to look like they are tough in dealing with public disorder and purport to be out there protecting the public at large by imposing a web of obligations and restrictions on all those other lawabiding people in those premises, who can be searched and have metal detectors run over them, be unable to reenter a premises, be barred from a precinct and/or have an expiation notice issued on them and also have massive extra penalties in respect of weapons.

The Bill passed the Lower House, but Ms Chapman implied that it would face strong opposition from her party in the Legislative Council.

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Opportunities Mission Australia's Youth Survey Only a few more days to go....

HYPA Transition to Work Transition to Work is a new service to support young people aged 1521 on their journey to employment. The service will provide intensive, preemployment support to improve the workreadiness of young people and help them into work (including apprenticeships and traineeships) or education. HYPA provides TtW services in these areas: Elizabeth, Gawler and Mt Gambier.

BC Heywire Competition

The 2016 Heywire Competition is open to young people aged 1622 years, who live outside the big cities. Enter your story and be part of something big. Entries close 16 September 2016.

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Mission Australia's 2016 youth survey focuses on social inclusion/exclusion from the perspective of young people aged 15 to 19 years. The information will be used to produce a national report, which is distributed widely to schools, community organisations and policy makers. The survey closes on Sunday 31st July 2016.

Talking Realities Talking Realities is a young parenting program run by Metropolitan Youth Health, based in Angle Park.

TAFE SA Youth Development Program The 12 week youth development program provides young people aged 1725 with the opportunity to develop skills, gain qualifications and employability skills. Do you want to see your opportunity for young people here, or do you have an idea for content you'd like to see in The Scoop? Get in touch with us at scoop@yacsa.com.au

OzHarvest Nourish Program OzHarvest’s Nourish program is a great opportunity to gain valuable skills in the hospitality industry, network with hospitality professionals, and start a new direction in life while having fun in the kitchen. It is a pathway to employment, aimed at young people between the ages of 16 – 25 years. The 18 week program includes an introduction to hospitality course and a Certificate II in Kitchen Operations or Hospitality.

Unley Gardening Workshop The workshop will be held on Friday 5th August at 6pm at the Unley Community Centre at 18 Arthur Street, Unley. Please note that it’s for young people aged 18 to 30 only, and numbers are limited. Please advise Peter on 0401 122 547 or email him at peter.croft@mmc.com.au

Young Peoples Family Law dvisory Group (YPFLAG)

YPFLAG is a new project being run through the South Australian Family Law Pathways Network. The object of the YPFLAG project will be to enable a group of selected young people (12 17 years old) who have experienced family separation the opportunity to voice their experiences about their interactions within the family law system, such as contact with the Courts, Family Consultants, counselling, mediation or any other experiences they have had since.

Young Unley Are you passionate about your city? Would you like to play an active role in planning local events and activities for your peers? The City of Unley are seeking expressions of interest from 1225 year olds who live, work, study or volunteer in the City of Unley to join “Young Unley”. For more information contact Maddy on 8372 5111 or email mproud@unley.sa.gov.au The Scoop July 2016