News

• Helping kids deal with tragedy in the living room
  01 Mar 2009
  Most Australian school children will have heard the classic Dorothea MacKellar poem that vividly paints their country as a land of natural extremes, the “beauty and terror” that can result in tragedy for those directly affected by natural disasters.

• Minto Kids Council's first meeting
  23 Feb 2009
  The Commission went to the first meeting of the Minto Kids Council.

• UK students visit the Commission
  10 Feb 2009
  Students and staff from Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in England visited the Commission to talk about student leadership and the use of student voice in promoting learning and teaching.

• Minto young people participated in an advocacy workshop
  28 Jan 2009
  Members of the Minto Kids Council enjoyed a workshop on how to be advocates in their local area. The Commission facilitated the workshop to encourage the kids to be active in their local area and to give them confidence in sharing their voice.

• 2009 Young People's Reference Group orientation day
  21 Jan 2009
  

  The 2009 Young People’s Reference Group (YPRG) had their orientation day at the Commission today.

• A new year brings new technologies - time for a new approach?
  14 Jan 2009
  The post-Christmas period is a great time for kids to enjoy their presents, especially to explore the gifts that involved new technologies such as mobile phones, mp3s and ipods.

• Let's get kids more involved in television
  12 Dec 2008
  The long standing debate in the community over how much ‘exposure’ children should have to television, the amount of content and quality of children’s programs has recently been overtaken by a bold new concept.

• Commissioner visits Mortdale Public School
  08 Dec 2008
  On Friday 5 December Gillian Calvert, Commissioner visited Mortdale Public School in Sydney’s south.

• Working kids need more workplace reforms
  03 Dec 2008
  A public discussion paper released today by the NSW Commission for Children and Young People highlights the concern that the current major reforms of workplace laws do not fully address the needs of hundreds of thousands of young Australians.

• Ellison Primary students visit the Commission
  27 Nov 2008
  Ellison Primary Kids Advisory Panel visits the Commission for their final meeting.