A Welcome from the Minister

Minister for Sport, Recreation and Youth Affairs, James Merlino MP, presents an overview of the new-look youthcentral website which was launched in June 2007. (Video, 01:30 mins)

[Minister Merlino speaks to camera]

[00:00] Hi, and welcome to youthcentral. My name is James Merlino. I'm the Minister for Sport, Recreation and Youth Affairs. I'm very excited to be launching the new-look youthcentral. Youthcentral is the Victorian Government's website for young people.

On youthcentral you'll find videos and podcasts and interactive tools that make it even easier to find out what you want to know. Whether that's about work, study or what's happening in your local community. As well as providing useful multimedia, youthcentral can help you find out about managing your money, what your travel and transport options are, what it's like to move out of home and what the Government is doing to help young people in Victoria.

[00:38] We've also got articles about everything from sport to environmental issues and reviews of the latest CDs, movies and games.

If you like what you see on youthcentral, why not join the team of Roving Reporters. The Roving Reporters are young people who write, record and film a lot of things that appear on youthcentral. We're always looking for new faces to join the team.

[01:00] Thanks for visiting. I hope you enjoy the site and I hope you keep coming back to support and benefit from what youthcentral has to offer.

[Displays Victorian Government logo: A Victorian Government initiative]

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[01:30] Ends