• Photograph of a jubilant crowd of young people wearing 'Queer Pride' tshirts

    Queer is in! Now politics needs to catch up

    Micah Scott, CEO of Minus18, presented at Progress 2017 on the disjunct between the increasingly queer and inclusive younger generations and the remaining homophobia, biphobia and transphobia entrenched in Australian society.

  • A group of young people sitting on the lawn talking.

    What Young People want from Australian Democracy

    What would society look like if we saw young people’s opinions as a product of their values and experiences and not just of their age? Australian Youth Representative to the UN, Paige Burton, reported back at #Progress2017 on her ongoing consultations with tens of thousands of young people across Australia.

  • A group of people filling a street and stopping traffic.

    Reflections on #FeesMustFall movement

    #FeesMustFall movement was very diverse and rich with dialogue and conflict. This letter by a student leader, Anzio Cameron, gives a live account of some of the tensions that divided the movement.

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