Our Why
60% of indigenous young people aged 17-24
are not in education or employment
ONLY 59%
of Indigenous Australians have completed year 12 compared to 88 per cent of non-Indigenous Australians.
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5X
Young people are almost 5X more likely to be unemployed, with more than 25% of long-term unemployed aged 15-24 years.
BY AGE 15
students in the bottom socio-economic quartile are, on average, almost three years behind those in the top quartile.
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5X
Indigenous young people are almost five times more likely to have no engagement in study or work than their non-Indigenous peers.
20%
gap in school retention rates to the end of year 12 for young people from low socio-economic groups.
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60%
of Indigenous young people aged 17-24 are not in education or employment.
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All our programs are based on evidence based research
The ‘Skills for Social Progress: The Power of Social and Emotional Skills’ research report (2015) based on global longitudinal studies (across 9 OECD countries) confirms that social emotional skills can help individuals improve their education, labour market, and social outcomes.
Sources include:
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Youth in the Workforce, Diversity Australia, 2016.
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The CALD Youth Census Report 2014, Centre for Multicultural Youth.
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Skattebol, J., Hill, T., Griffiths, A., & Wong, M. (2015) Unpacking Youth Unemployment (SPRC Report 15/2015). Sydney: Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Australia.
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RCOA (2010) What Works: Employment strategies for refugee and humanitarian entrants.
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Centre for Multicultural Youth (2014) Making it work: Refugee Young People and Employment.
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Chris Stone, ‘Skills to Pay the Bills: Education, Employment and Youth Homelessness’ (Foundation Paper, Foundations, April 2017).
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Robertson and Lamb, 2012, as quoted in Child family Community Australia Paper No.16 2013 ‘Family factors in early school leaving’.
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OECD PISA 2009 Data Challenges for Australian Education.
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Long, M., North, S. and Burke, G. (2009). How young indigenous people are faring: Key indicators 1996-2006. Dusseldorp Skills Forum.
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SCRGSP 2014, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key indicators 2014, Productivity Commission, Canberra.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics: Census of Population and Housing: Characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2011: Labour Force: Key Findings.​
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