Media releases

• 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.

• NSW babies 'welcome' better childcare ratios
  23 Oct 2008
  The NSW Commission for Children and Young People today applauded the NSW Government’s decision to improve the standard of care for babies and toddlers in long day care services by increasing the ratio of carers for children to 1:4.

• It's time: federal representation for young Australians
  08 Oct 2008
  More than ten years ago the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) concluded in its inquiry into children and the legal process that children and young people across the nation are largely ignored, marginalised and mistreated.

• Paid Parental Leave Draft Inquiry Doesn't Go Far Enough
  29 Sep 2008
  Responding to the release of the Productivity Commission’s draft inquiry on Australia’s first national paid parental leave scheme, Gillian Calvert, NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People has called for working families to demand at least six months, ideally 12 months, of legislated paid parental leave.

• Commissioner welcomes debate on Paid Parental Leave
  03 Sep 2008
  NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People Gillian Calvert has welcomed public debate on the benefits of Paid Parental Leave for Australian children.