Tougher laws not the solution to youth crime in Logan: Expert
YOUTH JUSTICE: There have been 16 teenagers charged with a string of offences in the Logan Police District since June 21. By Jacob Wilson, Jimboomba Times | August 9 2019 – 6:30PM A LEADING criminal justice expert has warned tougher laws are not the solution to stem the flow of repeat youth offending in areas […]
Cultures in Harmony 2019
A celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Saturday 3 August 201911.00am – 3.00pmEwing Park, Netball DriveWoodridge The 2019 7th Annual “Cultures in Harmony” event (previously called Songs of Peace) celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The event, held in Logan, celebrates the conciliatory efforts made by the Aboriginal […]
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service and YFS join forces for youth justice in Logan
PARTNERSHIP: The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service and YFS have joined forces. Jimboomba Times | July 17 2019 – 5:00PM TWO youth service organisations in Logan have embraced a Queensland government initiative to guide young people at risk of committing crimes or reoffending. This comes after the Queensland government faced pressure over […]
Gender inequality to be fixed by the next generation
ProBono Australia: Wednesday 22 May 2019 at 5:47pm By Maggie Coggan Young people are being encouraged to play an active role in promoting respectful relationships after research found one in seven young Australians believe a man would be justified to force sex if the woman initiated the act, but then changed her mind. The results […]
Changing attitudes
Albert and Logan News: Thursday 30 May 2019 HOW to treat women was the topic of a forum held in Brisbane last week. Minister for Youth and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Di Farmer organised the forum in a big to make people assess their attitudes towards women and each other. The forum […]
Yarrabilba picked for eco lab
Albert and Logan News: Thursday, 23 May 2019 at 1.30pm By Judith Kerr One of the fastest growing suburbs in southeast Queensland has been chosen to come up with guidelines to build a community which is totally environmentally sustainable. AN emerging housing estate in southeast Queensland will play a part in driving an Australian-first to […]
Young agents of change set to shape Queensland’s future
Evidence of the power of young leaders to sway negative attitudes to violence against women among their peers has been released today. The report, Young people as agents of change in preventing violence against women, evaluated a peer-to-peer respectful relationships education model, R4Respect. Speaking at the launch of the report at Balmoral State High School, Minister […]
YFS offers two scholarships to Griffith University Logan students
YFS is proud to offer two Griffith University Logan students YFS scholarships this year. The recipients are Debbie Nugent, of Shailer Park, and Charlotte Flynn, of Edens Landing. Each year, YFS offers a $2000 scholarship for a local Griffith University student who is struggling to make ends meet. This year, the organisation has offered a […]
YFS ParentsNext client “wouldn’t change a thing about it”
Single mum Kelly says the YFS ParentsNext program helped open her eyes to her own potential. Kelly has been involved with ParentsNext since mid 2017 and in that timeframe, she’s says the service has opened her up to opportunities that she had not thought about before. “In my first few months with ParentsNext, I didn’t […]
Labor commits $400,000 to support Logan’s emergency relief services
By Jacob Wilson, Jimboomba Times | April 22 2019 – 2:00PM LOGAN’S emergency relief organisations will receive almost $400,000 to support disadvantaged people in financial hardship under a Shorten Labor government. Rankin MP Jim Chalmers, Labor canddiate for Forde Des Hardman and Shadow Assistant Minister for families and communities Jenny McAllister announced the funding at […]