Among other findings, this report highlights the importance of young people, particularly young women, having occupational plans. This study, which defines the lowering of educational or occupational ambitions by high school students as 'lost talent', looks at the extent to which talent loss occurs among high achieving students and the consequences of this on later...

Kathy Edwards, Lawrence Saha and Murray Print introduce the YES Project, which examines the attitudes of young Australians towards politics, democracy and voting. They discuss features of the democratic process that discourage young Australians from participating, as well as the ways in which they do participate.