{"id":45504,"date":"2019-04-25T14:09:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T04:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=45504"},"modified":"2022-05-02T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T03:01:09","slug":"young-voices-no-longer-waiting-to-be-heard-storerdylan-comments-on-youthforfuture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/young-voices-no-longer-waiting-to-be-heard-storerdylan-comments-on-youthforfuture\/","title":{"rendered":"Young voices no longer waiting to be heard: @StorerDylan comments on #YouthForFuture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dylanbroadcast.jpg?resize=800%2C645&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dylanbroadcast.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dylanbroadcast.jpg?resize=300%2C242&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dylanbroadcast.jpg?resize=768%2C619&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dylanbroadcast.jpg?resize=600%2C484&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Dylan Storer is a young journalist and broadcaster in Fitzroy Crossing with a passion for taking local stories and voices to a broader audience. Photo: Twitter @StorerDylan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Young people are angry, that\u2019s our job. For decades, people my age have been shaking up the political establishment and making the world a better place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The anti-Vietnam War protests of the Sixties and Seventies, the Australian Freedom Ride which saw a bus packed with university students travel through and expose a racially segregated Australia, and the high uptake of young voter registration before the same-sex marriage public vote are all powerful examples of young people standing up, having their say and making a difference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve seen it on the steps of parliaments across Australia and the world: thousands of school students rallying politicians to act on climate change to protect our future. We\u2019ve seen it from letters and protests against <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the West Australian Government\u2019s decision to gut funding the School of the Air (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2018-01-11\/wa-government-backflips-on-schools-of-the-air-closure\/9320742\" target=\"_blank\">the West Australian Government\u2019s decision to gut funding the School of the Air<\/a> (that decision was overturned). We\u2019ve seen it in thousands of little ways across the country, like <a href=\"https:\/\/thewest.com.au\/news\/south-western-times\/lockers-for-bunburys-homeless-ng-b881117334z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"a youth-led campaign that saw homeless lockers (opens in a new tab)\">a youth-led campaign that saw homeless lockers<\/a> built in Bunbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2 years ago I started a campaign for homeless lockers. Yesterday they were put in! 18 all up and of various sizes. They are amazing. Thank you City of Bunbury for working hard to get them in. Community lockers! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XQXLxZWvaV\">pic.twitter.com\/XQXLxZWvaV<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Bella Burgemeister (@BellasChallenge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellasChallenge\/status\/1099187571056234496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h4>Passionate about future<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I, like so many other young people across Australia, have found my voice. I live at Fitzroy Crossing, a remote small town in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. I developed a passion for media at the age of seven (I know\u2026 strange), and I started my own radio program on local radio shortly afterwards. Starting with music, over the years my program has evolved into a weekly news and current affairs program syndicated to over 10,000 people on PAKAM across Northern WA and on SYN in Melbourne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I received my big break when I applied for and was accepted onto the ABC&#8217;s <em>Q&amp;A<\/em> 2018 high school panel. For the first time I was speaking from my point of view to an audience and it was incredibly empowering. My Twitter following grew from there and I now have the ability to share my thoughts, opinions and work to many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m incredibly passionate about Australia\u2019s future and I am adamant that young people deserve a seat at the table. I recently appeared before a parliamentary committee to lower the voting age in Australia to 16. I believe that our politicians should be taking the views of young people into account before making intergenerational decisions that will affect us and our children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our voices are being amplified in many ways, including the fantastic work UN Youth Australia do through their <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Youth Rep program (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/unyouth.org.au\/event\/youthrep\/\" target=\"_blank\">Youth Rep program<\/a>. This initiative speaks to thousands of young people across Australia from all walks of life and amplifies their voices directly to decision-makers in Canberra and at the UN General Assembly. Other initiatives such as the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Koorie Youth Council (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yacvic.org.au\/about-us\/about-yacvic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Koorie Youth Council<\/a> in Victoria are pushing young First Nations peoples&#8217; voices directly to government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Listening with intent<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In my home town, chronic issues are affecting young people \u2014 intergenerational trauma, anti-social behaviour, alcohol, crime and a breakdown of both family and community structure. For far too long the &#8216;talking heads&#8217; of the community have been discussing, debating and downright arguing over how to solve the issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time in a long time, young peoples&#8217; voices are starting to be heard. A <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Youth Engagement Strategy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yes.sa.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Youth Engagement Strategy<\/a> has recently been published; in its creation, hundreds of young people were consulted on the issues that matter directly to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would like for a young leader\u2019s program in the Valley,\u201d says a young person from my community in the report. These are voices which would otherwise go unheard; these are voices with ideas that are worth hearing and implementing and hopefully now the talking heads of town will get on with the job and listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am sincerely vouching for an Australia that listens with intent to young peoples&#8217; voices at home, in school, within the community or in politics at a state or federal level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia will be stronger for it. <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young people are angry, that\u2019s our job. For decades, people my age have been shaking up the political establishment and making the world a better place. 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