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In the preceding sections we have examined some of the legal and non-legal mechanisms available to youth in accordance to dealing with discrimination in Australian society. ... The main youth issues include education, employment, discrimination, mental health and crimes against children and by children.
On the issue of education, the legal system has provided schemes like the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) which is a fair and equitable way of ensuring that students contribute to the cost of their higher education. ... There are also legislations in place to prevent discrimination in the work place for youths, such as the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment) Bill 1998. ...
Depression and suicide rate as the toughest issues faced by Australian youth, this was shown a national youth survey which interviewed 1,500 young Australians to rank their concerns on a range of issues. ... This could be because the youth of Australia consider the issues of drugs and alcohol not to be that controversial. ... Also the government has provided such services such as Youth Liaison Officers who with police and young people to improve relations, prevent youth crime and to ensure that legislation, such as the Young Offenders Act 1997, is implemented appropriately.
Approximate Word count = 902
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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