Media releases

• New certificate for self-employed who work with kids
  01 May 2009
  Self employed people over the age of 18 years who work with children can now obtain a certificate to demonstrate they are not prohibited from working with kids, under a new system announced today by the NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People, Gillian Calvert.

• A national 'first' for child protection
  30 Apr 2009
  A significant breakthrough in the way states, territories and the Commonwealth will work together on a national approach to child protection has been strongly welcomed by all state and territory Children’s Commissioners and Guardians.

• Commissioners support child protection reforms
  29 Apr 2009
  Commissioners for Children and Young People, Michelle Scott (WA) and Gillian Calvert (NSW) have come together to show their support for a new report on Australia's child protection systems.

• Australians clearly want Paid Parental Leave in next budget
  09 Apr 2009
  A new poll to be released today has found very strong and broad community support for a national paid parental leave scheme to be funded by the Federal government in their next budget, due in May.

• The hidden world of kids and mobile phones
  06 Apr 2009
  Mobile phones play a central and largely positive role in children and young people’s lives and help them to be independent, organise their daily lives, support their relationships, provide entertainment and make them feel safer, new research has found.