This edition of Family Matters gathers together articles concerning young people in Australia. The author of this article reports on some of the topics that are canvassed. Issues addressed include: concepts of youth and adolescence, how the identities of a particular group of non English speaking background immigrant youth were constructed, stereotypes about Aboriginal young people, income support for young people, determinants of young people's participation in education and training, young people's access to services in the outer urban fringe areas of Australian cities, and resolving family problems.