News

• Statewide information sessions - Keep them safe
  05 Nov 2009
  Information sessions are being held throughout November and early December at over 550 locations across NSW for all key mandatory reporters from government and non-government organisations.

• October KidsPoll results: Voting age
  04 Nov 2009
  51 voted YES for being able to vote at 16, 35 voted NO. The number who voted don't care? Two!

• September KidsPoll results: Things I do to help the environment
  04 Nov 2009
  The thing that most voters nominated they did to help the environment was ‘Put recycling in the recycling bin’ with 27 out of the 37 votes strongly agreeing.

• August KidsPoll results: The toughest thing about being homeless
  04 Nov 2009
  The toughest thing about being homeless that voters nominated was ‘Finding a safe place to sleep’ with almost half of the votes.

• 11 year old Meg spends day as Commissioner
  03 Nov 2009
  Eleven-year-old Meg Thompson from Millthorpe in central west NSW spent Universal Children’s Day on 28 October as the Children's Commissioner.

• 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.