Young Australians feel they are ‘missing out’ on being young: new research

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Should Australians have a right to be young? Recently, The Conversation published promising news about establishing a long overdue Human Rights Act in Australia. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights delivered its report to parliament, which included the introduction of legislation to establish a Human Rights Act. defining a right to be young would have to account for complex biological, social and cultural nuances. But as researchers Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan argue, while "Having a national Human Rights Act will not fix every human rights problem […] it will create a more rights-respecting culture, in government decision-making and in the community broadly, which will contribute to a stronger society. Having a Human Rights Act will make government more attuned to respecting human rights and more accountable for the consequences if it acts contrary to human rights." This includes those of young Australians.