Tuesday, Apr 08, 2008

Youth Homelessness in Australia

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The number of homeless youth in Australia has doubled in the last two
decades, as shown by the findings of a new report
released by the National Youth Commission

The results of the inquiry have prompted calls for a one billion
dollar injection of funding into youth prevention programs
and services.

Co-author of the report Associate Professor David Mackenzie,
says that the findings need to be treated with the same urgency
and determination as issues like water and climate change.

In this report Ellice Mol began by asking him about the factors
driving youth homelessness...


Also Featured in this report is Kasy Chambers, Executive director of Anglicare Australia

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Ellice is a Journalist currently based in Sydney. She has a Bachelor of Biological Sciences and has studied Post Graduate Journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney. Having started on Radio 2ser's current affairs program Razors Edge, she began producing Panacea, 2ser's alternative health show. Since then she has worked on 2ser's daily news and current affairs program The Wire and The Fourh Estate, and now produces and presents her own radio program, a weekly magazine show, Wednesday Overdrive. She keeps very busy as an online producer for ABC Radio National Breakfast hosted by Fran Kelly and also reports for The Science Show on the ABC hosted by Robyn Williams.
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