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One in six South Australian young people have experienced homelessnesss, according to a Mission Australia report – with the situation expected to worsen due to the pandemic’s economic impact.
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Young Australians have been struggling to find employment in their desired occupation since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis and any improvement is unlikely for some time yet given the economic impact of the coronavirus.
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A not-for-profit organisation has launched an online telehealth service to support adolescent mental health – particularly among Indigenous Australians – after identifying a “huge” demand due to the pandemic’s impact on jobs and families.
SPECIAL REPORT: Young people are likely to be hardest-hit by the economic impact of COVID-19. But there are other ramifications, too – social isolation and a loss of those rites of passage that we took for granted just a few months ago. We look at how young South Australians are coping.
Children as young as 10, many of them Aboriginal, are locked up in South Australia and other states, despite clear evidence about its damaging impact. On Human Rights Day, it’s time SA took the lead to change policy and reclaim its reputation for courage and compassion, argues Sarah Moulds.
South Australian children experiencing mental crises are being tied down under nets, locked up in seclusion at extreme rates and forcibly injected with sedating drugs, prompting warnings youngsters are suffering lasting harm from coercive health-system practices.
