On 17 July 2010, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, announced that a federal election would be held on 21 August 2010 and as such the Australian Government has assumed a caretaker role.

Only updates, which adhere to the Caretaker Conventions, will occur to this website until the result of the election has been determined.

The theme for National Youth Week 2011 is ‘Own It’ and Australia’s largest celebration of young people will kick off on Friday the 1st of April and wrap up on Sunday 10th April. Keep your eye on this website for more information over the coming months on how you can get involved.

The 2010 National Talent Competition winners have now been decided and recognised for their amazing work!

The winners were chosen from hundreds of entries received across the five National Talent Competition categories – RockIT (music), DesignIT (graphic design), WriteIT (short stories), ShootIT (film) and SnapIT (photography).

There was a high standard of entries this year and our renowned judges had a very difficult task in choosing the overall Industry Award winners.

Do you want to design the artwork for National Youth Week (NYW) 2011?
The NYW Poster Competition is now open.  Find out how to enter for your chance to get national attention for your design as well as win a cash prize!
All you need to do is design a creative poster that incorporates the words ‘Own It’ [...]