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Light flickering out for a beacon of our prosperity

18 Nov 05:35am

Filed under: Business, Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy

This is a sad week for Australia.

For more than 30 years the not-for-profit organisation Young Achievement Australia brought business skills to some 190,000 students. It was a beacon of inspiration, a source of knowledge, and a cultivator of leadership for thousands of young Aussies.

Sarah Patching and David Burgess with an environmentally-friendly possum home they designed for a Young Achievement Australia project in 2004. File photo

This week YAA will shut down, because its funding has dried up. It is a tragedy for all of those who have experienced its excellence, and for all of those who never will.

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Lisa says:

11:05pm | 19/11/09

The Australian government and the Australian people are generally disinterested, even outright angrily suspicious of entrepreneurial behaviour. They don’t understand it, but they know they don’t like it. They think it has something to do with America. We are a convict country, we like big government and handouts. That’s the… Read more »
Lyndal says:

10:49am | 19/11/09

The YAA Business Skills Program offers more than a crash course in entrepreneurship. Participants complete the program with skills that enable them to make a seamless transtion from student to employee. What they learn from hands on practical work and experience can’t be simulated in the classroom. This program is… Read more »

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