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Silence Is Often Survival, Not Defiance Australia has young people sitting in classrooms, training rooms, programs and community spaces who are physically present but emotionally absent. They are labelled “unengaged”, “disruptive”, or “unmotivated”, when in reality many are navigating complex histories — disadvantage, trauma, unstable home environments, intergenerational hardship, or systems that failed to support them early on. Silence, withdrawal, shutdown or bravado is not