The United Nations Youth Association of Victoria (UNYA Vic) is calling
for applications for their annual Policy Internship.

If you are a student who is interested in policy formation and want to
gain valuable experience in research and report writing, then this
internship is for you! This internship
will set you apart from the rest and demonstrate your initiative and
engagement with the community.

The internship involves contributing to UNYA Vic’s annual Policy
Campaign, which has a focus on Indigenous wellbeing. The internship
will involve conducting policy research, collating data and helping to
write UNYA Victoria’s Blue Paper. Opportunities to advocate and
promote the document are also open to interns.

Interns will be required to work for 1-2 days during January and early
February and will be given formal acknowledgement of their
contribution to UNYA Vic.

Interns will be selected on the basis of familiarity with and interest
in social issues generally, research ability and experience and
willingness to engage with UNYA Vic. Neither formal research
qualifications nor specific familiarity with Indigenous issues are
required.

Applications are due at 5:00pm on Monday 30 November 2009. Please send
a letter of application and CV to .

If you have any questions or require any further information please
email or call 0421 617 430 for more information.

UNYA Vic is a not-for-profit youth organisation which aims to educate
young people about local, national and international issues; provide
an outlet for expression of youth opinion and empower young people to
engage with society.

Vic - apply now! We want one top VICTORIAN (!) to be chosen!

Applications close Monday, November 2, for a young person to attend the United Nations General Assembly as part of the Australian Mission to New York in 2010.

Since 1999 the United Nations Youth Association and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have partnered in the Youth Representative program, providing a young Australian with the opportunity to give a voice to Australia’s youth at the United Nations and contribute to Australian foreign policy.

UNYA National Vice-President and Coordinator of the Youth Representative programme, Hannah Stevens, says, “We are looking for an enthusiastic young person who is passionate about youth advocacy to gather the views of Australia’s young people and bring these matters to the attention of national and international policy makers’.

The 2009 Youth Representative, Chris Varney, conducted consultations in schools, detention centres and youth groups right across Australia before leaving for New York last month. In his statement to the General Assembly, Chris said, “Throughout my travels, one thing was constant; the inspiration I felt from seeing the leadership young people were giving to the movements behind climate justice, poverty elimination, and to their local communities”.

Expressions of Interest for the position close on 2 November 2009, and can be submitted through UNYA Australia’s website, www.unya.org.au/youthrep.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade reserves the right to withdraw the Youth Representative position at any time

The government want answers to the following questions, and we want to offer them!

- Who should be entitled to vote?
- How should we maintain the electoral roll?
- Are our current electoral arrangements satisfactory?

Date:	Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Time:	18:00 - 20:30
Location:	172 Flinders St, Melbourne. YacVIC

Come along on Tuesday night and discuss what these questions mean for young people, and help shape the submission made by the United Nations Youth Association of Australia.

Come PICNIC with your favourite UNYAns and enjoy the fantastic spring weather! Don't hibernate with your books - come and enjoy the wonderful scenery that is the Abbotsford Convent and the AMAZING food at Lentil as Anything! Feed your brain and feed your soul!

When: 1pm
Where: Lentil as Anything
What: crazy twister picnicy pre examy fun with all your favourite peeps (bring them along :P)

NOTE: GIANT TWISTER WILL BE INVOLVED

Its close to Victoria Park Train Station - Give Beck a ring on 0433955560 if you get lost, want a walking buddy or otherwise just feel like it!

Julian McMahon, barrister to Van Nguyen and the Bali Nine, and Kelly Ng, one of Van's school friends and organiser of the grassroots campaign in Australia to save him, talk about their personal experiences of the death penalty, a practice still occurring in many Asian and other countries.


When: 6:45pm, Monday 28th September
Where: Youth Affairs Council, Level 2, 172 Flinders St Melbourne