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yourtown (formerly BoysTown) is calling on the future federal government to give long-term unemployed young people a fair go by giving them the extra personal support and training needed to get a job.

yourtown’s (formerly BoysTown’s) next Art Union Prize Home winner will be creating their own magic when they move into their luxurious sprawling storybook home in the lush hinterland of Maleny.

yourtown’s (formerly BoysTown’s) next Art Union Prize Home winner will be bowled over by the Art Union’s first ever luxury prize property in picturesque Mount Martha on the Mornington Peninsula.

yourtown’s (formerly BoysTown’s) next Art Union Prize Home winner will Win Win Win, walking away with not one but TWO luxury properties - an inner city Sydney apartment AND a stunning Sunshine Coast getaway - while also helping make life saving calls to Kids Helpline possible.

Kids Helpline (KHL) is celebrating 25 years of providing counselling and support which has seen more than 7.5 million contacts responded to nationally, and in its ‘2015 Kids Helpline Insights Report’ released today, reveals what’s changed for contacts to KHL over that time.

Any national mental health digital gateway must recognise the specialised and complex ways children and young people seek help and their need to access child and youth centred support.

The number of students participating in Kids Helpline @ School class link-ups with counsellors has jumped by almost a third compared to the same period last year, Kids Helpline revealed today.

The national rate of young people in long-term unemployment is at an all-time high.

Contacts to Parentline by parents concerned about child mental and emotional health has close to doubled in 20 years, a new report revealed today.

Parents are being urged to be positive role models within their family unit ahead of the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence.