Youth Advocacy Centre

YAC provides free & confidential legal & welfare service to young people 10-18 yrs in the greater Brisbane area. RTs & follows are not endorsements.

[Griffith Disrupting Violence Beacon @DVBGriffithU]

Join us for the only Satellite Event in Oceania as part of the @With_Initiative World Congress on Justice with Children on

Transforming Child Justice in Australia🤝w @GriffLawSchool @AusHumanRights @YACBrisbane @QCOSS_

🗓️Mon 9 June
⏲️11:30am - 1pm AEST
📍@Griffith_Uni & online

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

YAC CEO Katherine Hayes speaks with @rhiannonelston on @SkyNewsAust about why Queensland’s Adult Crime, Adult Time laws are not working.

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

“It is simply not good enough that kids with disability are suspended and excluded at such high rates.”
The 'A Right to Learn' campaign is calling for action to support children with a disability to remain at school: https://t.co/mM7mUxS6Sq

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

More than 180 human rights, Indigenous and legal groups have written an open letter to the Queensland government, attacking their decision to allow children to be housed in adult watch houses.

https://t.co/ekISfi4dzK

#youthjustice #qld

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

It's been a tough year for many young people in Queensland, but together we can continue to support our children towards a brighter future.

There's still time to make a tax-deductible donation to our youth support services: https://t.co/Oaz5SVgkKK

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

📢 Help us send a message to your local MP to keep disabled kids in school! Unfair suspensions are denying students with disabilities their right to education. #ARightToLearn

Send a message here: https://t.co/mM7mUxRz2S

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

https://t.co/GCXK8RDeIg

An important listen about the current state of confinement and education in our youth detention centres - featuring Genevieve Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer of Youth Empowered Towards Independence who do wonderful work in Far Northern Queensland.

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

This story tells of Jenny, 16, who spent 47 of 89 days on remand locked in her cell for more than 21 hours.

How do we expect children to heal by locking them in a room?

We need dramatic change in our youth justice system.

https://t.co/yv1aK6svTq

[Brisbane Times @brisbanetimes]

A 15-year-old boy granted bail in Queensland was temporarily banned from travelling as a passenger in any car without a youth justice worker present, amid concerns about restrictive bail conditions.

https://t.co/M6xbngQ9GO

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

Unfair suspensions must end for students with disabilities. Add your voice using the 'A Right to Learn' campaign's online tool that makes it easy to draft an email to your local Member of Parliament demanding change. 📣
https://t.co/9FnRwuvJgQ
#ARightToLearn
#InclusiveEducation

[Justice Reform Initiative @JailingsFailing]

Jailing is failing all Queenslanders. It's time for a smarter approach, investing in evidence-based solutions that truly break the cycle - not pumping billions more into a broken system. Join us! https://t.co/PwK3IEG3w2 #qldpol

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

Another important report from JRI that anyone concerned with the approach to justice in Qld should read.

[Justice Reform Initiative @JailingsFailing]

The sun is shining in the Sunshine State as we release our new report on alternatives to imprisonment and the overwhelming evidence pointing to the need for a smarter approach to justice. Jailing is failing - join us and find out more on our website 👉 https://t.co/9t3G8OGc0B

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

YAC CEO Katherine Hayes has questioned the punitive approach of police following the release of a QPS youth crime documentary video.

https://t.co/JSczRADXkm

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

🌈 Today we're going rainbow to celebrate IDAHOBIT, the International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination 🌈
You can check out https://t.co/yAJoJYGjW7 for more information.
#IDAHOBIT

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

Here's our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) working group meeting today at our Caboolture office. We're excited to continue develop our reconciliation framework. Thanks to our RAP working group for all of their effort! 👏

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

We're pushing back against the high rate of suspensions of disabled students in Qld, but the most effective way is through real stories of how unfair suspensions have impacted families.

If you have a story to share, please reach out to our campaign: https://t.co/ykjxavM0e1

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

Right now, there are children as young as 10 years old being arrested, thrown into police vehicles, and locked away behind bars across Aus.
Use this page to contact your local MP, AG, and Premier/Chief Minister and urge them to Raise the Age https://t.co/rQGGxccNLS #raisetheage

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

To the Queensland Government – Do Better.

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

All children have a right to education. But between 2016-2020, students with disability received 46% of all short-term suspensions, despite making up about 17% of the Qld school population.

To read more and pledge your support for disabled students visit: https://t.co/UxhIcXztDB

[Youth Advocacy Centre @YACBrisbane]

Have you or your child experienced school suspension or expulsion due to disability or not being properly supported at school?

We'd like to hear from you. You can contact us through our website here: https://t.co/iZdSuVEyod