Media Releases by The Hon Sussan Ley MP

Just Add You for successful Youth Week

Just Add You is the theme for the seventh annual National Youth Week (NYW), where thousands of events, concerts and competitions will be held to…

Young Muslims congregate for harmony

Around 70 young Muslims will attend a National Summit for Young Australian Muslims, co-hosted by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and…

Fresh new look at young Indigenous issues

Seventeen young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders met for the first time in Canberra to explore new ways to shape the future direction of Indigenous…

Sydney to host 2008 Catholic World Youth Day

The Parliamentary Secretary for Children and Youth Affairs, the Hon Sussan Ley, today joined Prime Minister John Howard in welcoming the announcement by Pope Benedict…

Youth: Plibersek misses the point yet again

The Australian Government’s longstanding support for the Young Australian of the Year Awards is a recognition and celebration of the many young Australians who make…

National recognition for foster carers

Foster carers who have cared for foster children for 20 years or more have been nationally recognised at an awards ceremony, today in Alice Springs…

Labor misses the point on Youth Leadership

Parliamentary Secretary for Children and Youth Affairs, the Hon Sussan Ley, today rejected claims by Opposition spokeswoman for Youth, Tanya Plibersek, of the lack of…

Roundtable: giving young Australians a voice

Thirty young Australians have been chosen to represent the views of young people as members of the National Youth Roundtable 2005. The Parliamentary Secretary for…

Indigenous Youth Leaders 2005 Announced

Promoting issues of relevance to young Indigenous Australians will be the focus for the 17 members of the Howard Government’s National Indigenous Youth Leadership Group…

Listening to Young Indigenous Australians

Further support and assistance for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia will be a key issue of discussion at the meeting of…