News

• Nominations open for young people to be heard
  16 Sep 2009
  Nominations are now open for the NSW Commission for Children and Young People’s 2010 Young People’s Reference Group (YPRG).

• Report into Children and Young People 9-14 Years in NSW
  16 Sep 2009
  The final report of the Inquiry into Children and Young People Aged 9-14 Years in NSW, Children and Young People Aged 9-14 Years in NSW: The Missing Middle, was released on 3 September 2009.

• How young people helped recruit their next Commissioner
  01 Sep 2009
  Since the Commission opened its doors in 1999, children and young people have been involved in selecting Commission staff members. Kids are part of designing role statements, reviewing applications, interviewing applicants and making recommendations about who should be employed at the Commission.

• September current awareness bulletin
  01 Sep 2009
  This month's bulletin includes links to a guide to help young people have their say about human rights in Australia and to the report by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on child protection in Australia 2007-2008.

• Getting Indigenous youth out of the criminal justice system
  31 Aug 2009
  With Indigenous young people now 21 times more likely to be detained in custody than their non-Indigenous counterparts, a national conference focusing on the issue will be opened in Sydney tomorrow by Attorney-General Robert McClelland.

• When kids shouldn't be the entertainment
  24 Aug 2009
  Apologies have been made and investigations are being conducted over the recent live radio ‘stunt’ involving a 14-year-old girl being strapped to a lie detector while being quizzed about her intimate life.

• Commissioner attends NSW Student Representative (SRC) Conference
  21 Aug 2009
  The Commissioner presented the keynote address at the NSW State Student Representative Council (SRC) Conference.

• Youth homelessness forum a success
  10 Aug 2009
  Young people gathered in Sydney last week to find solutions to youth homelessness and develop ideas to present to the NSW Government to help solve one of the state’s biggest issues, said Acting Minister for Youth Linda Burney.

• July KidsPoll results: My right that's most important to me
  10 Aug 2009
  The right that voters nominated as the most important to them was ‘Being safe’ with 30 per cent of the votes (11 votes). This was closely followed by ‘Access to a good education’ (8 votes) and ‘Having a good family life’ (7 votes).

• Kids speak out at youth homelessness forum
  06 Aug 2009
  A forum on youth homelessness has brought together 40 young people from across the state to talk about ways of addressing youth homelessness.