News

• MPs urged to support laws banning excessive punishment
  25 Oct 2000
  

  The Commissioner for Children and Young People, Gillian Calvert, today applauded the members of the NSW Parliament's Standing Committee on Law and Justice for their unanimous support of a Bill that would ban excessive punishment of children.

• Sydney hearing looks at issues facing 'children with no-one to turn to'
  18 Oct 2000
  

  A wide range of groups working with children and young people will highlight the key issues facing 'children who have no one to turn to' at the Sydney hearing of a state-wide inquiry.

• Dubbo hearing looks at issues facing 'children with no-one to turn to'
  21 Aug 2000
  

  Children and young people, parents and carers and people who work with children in the Dubbo area are encouraged to have their say as part of a state-wide inquiry looking at issues facing 'children who have no one to turn to'.

• Commission holds first public hearing into issues facing vulnerable children
  18 Jul 2000
  

  Children and young people, parents and carers and people who work with children in the Wollongong area are encouraged to have their say as part of a state-wide inquiry looking at issues facing 'children who have no one to turn to'.

• Broken Hill's young people have their say
  26 Jun 2000
  

  Broken Hill is the first stop for the Commission for Children and Young People's round of regional consultations into helping 'children who have no one to turn to'.

• Australian first: new laws to protect children in the workplace
  06 Jun 2000
  

  New laws in New South Wales will help employers make their organisations safer for children.

• New Bill positive for parents and children
  05 May 2000
  The Commissioner for Children and Young People, Gillian Calvert, today announced her support for the Crimes Amendment (Child Protection - Excessive Punishment) Bill 2000. The proposed Bill, introduced today in Parliament by cross-bench MP Allan Corbett, will help distinguish the difference between discipline and physical abuse.

• 'Kids Art of the State' competition draws on young talent
  31 Mar 2000
  

  Children and young people from Bondi to Bourke are invited to put paint to paper, or an eye to a lens, as part of the kids' art of the state 2000 competition.

• New report shows trends in child deaths
  14 Mar 2000
  

  A new report has highlighted drowning and driveway accidents as significant causes of early childhood deaths in New South Wales.

• Helping children who have no-one to turn to: first public inquiry announced
  19 Nov 1999
  

  The Commissioner for Children and Young People, Gillian Calvert, today announced her first public inquiry into the needs of 'children who have no-one to turn to'.