Organisations are also encouraged to involve young people in responding to the Discussion Paper - as contributors towards an organisation's response, as a separate group or as individuals. An on-line bulletin board has also been established. The bulletin board will allow people to make brief or specific responses to the Discussion Paper where a longer, more detailed response is not possible. The bulletin board can be accessed through the Australia Council site. At the bottom of the Discussion Paper is a link to the bulletin board.
All comments are welcome.
The focus groups will provide young people with an alternative way of responding to the Discussion Paper and allow Council to target groups and sectors which may be under-represented. Focus group facilitators will report back to Council at the conclusion of their group. Reports from Gateway organisations, the bulletin board and the focus groups will be combined with other analysis which Australia Council staff have been working on for the past several months. The Australia Council will receive a final report combining and analysing all information in late 1998. Outcomes will be announced in 1999.