The Royal Commission handed down 409 recommendations across a wide range of policy areas. The NSW Government responded to the Royal Commission’s final report in June 2018. The NSW Government accepted the overwhelming majority of recommendations made by the Royal […]
New Children’s Guardian Act to commence 1 March
The new Children’s Guardian Act commences 1 March 2020, bringing together existing legislation under one Act, and expanding and strengthening the NSW Reportable Conduct Scheme. Powers and functions of the Children’s Guardian from the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) […]
Annual progress report 2019: Implementation of recommendations from the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
This report, published by the Australian Government, reviews the Australian Government’s progress towards implementing the Royal Commission’s recommendations in 2019. On 15 December 2017, the Royal Commission delivered its Final Report. The Final Report made 409 recommendations to better protect children […]
Gambling harm education workshops and grants for South West Sydney
After a successful first program in 2019, Odds on Youth will be rolled out in South West Sydney from March 2020. Following the same format as the first program, youth organisations working in the South West Sydney area will participate […]
Community Trauma Toolkit
With the current fire situation in NSW, natural disasters can be difficult events for families to navigate, particularly when there are children involved. The Community Trauma Toolkit, from Emerging Minds, contains resources to help and support adults and children before, […]
Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision
This report from the Austalian Institute of Health and Welfare presents information on young people aged 10–17 who had received child protection services and were under youth justice supervision at any time between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2018. […]
Report: Positive Sense of Identity and Culture
Author: Lauren Renshaw Work by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) reinforces the importance of culture and identity to the wellbeing of young Australians and offers guidance on how these can be better measured and managed. In […]
Young people volunteering: Removing the barriers.
This report looks at how young people’s participation in voluntary work in Queensland can be increased. This report has been published by the Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC). The report highlights the benefits of young people’s participation in volunteering […]
Child Safe eLearning modules
Child Safe Organisations: eLearning modules released A series of free, online training modules to help organisations increase their knowledge and understanding of child safety was released recently by the National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell, at a national forum in Sydney. […]
Young Australians’ attitudes to violence against women and gender equality
This report presents key findings from a survey on young people’s attitudes towards gender equality and violence against women. This report has been released by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS). The report explores the attitudes of young […]