Media releases

• 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.