All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 January Legal support must extend to age 21 for disadvantaged young people Legal support must extend to age 21 for disadvantaged young people 12/01/2021 | 3 MINS Dr Melissa O'Donnell, Research Fellow Centre for Child Health Research and The Kids Research Institute Australia, looks at the need to provide a better safety net for young people and extend their right to support from 18 to the age of 21. As we move into a New Year, and bid farewell to the end of 2020, we can look forward to the special occasions and celebrations shared with family that 2021 will bring. For anyone who is 17, 2021 marks the year they ΓÇÿofficiallyΓÇÖ move from adolescence to adulthood, and all the opportunities and responsibilities that turning 18 holds. However, for more than 200 young people in Western Australia, their 18th birthday also marks the day they effectively lose the support of their legal guardian. Unlike young people who have grown up in a family with their birth parents and are leaving home at an older age than ever, those who have grown up in stat
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 January Legal support must extend to age 21 for disadvantaged young people Legal support must extend to age 21 for disadvantaged young people 12/01/2021 | 3 MINS Dr Melissa O'Donnell, Research Fellow Centre for Child Health Research and The Kids Research Institute Australia, looks at the need to provide a better safety net for young people and extend their right to support from 18 to the age of 21.
As we move into a New Year, and bid farewell to the end of 2020, we can look forward to the special occasions and celebrations shared with family that 2021 will bring.
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For anyone who is 17, 2021 marks the year they ΓÇÿofficiallyΓÇÖ move from adolescence to adulthood, and all the opportunities and responsibilities that turning 18 holds.
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However, for more than 200 young people in Western Australia, their 18th birthday also marks the day they effectively lose the support of their legal guardian.
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