Media releases

• 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).

• 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.

• Youth homelessness forum a success
  10 Aug 2009
  Young people gathered in Sydney last week to find solutions to youth homelessness and develop ideas to present to the NSW Government to help solve one of the state’s biggest issues, said Acting Minister for Youth Linda Burney.

• New Commissioner for Children and Young People Appointed
  05 Aug 2009
  The Governor of NSW, Marie Bashir, has appointed Gaye Phillips as the Commissioner of Children and Young People, effective from 7 September 2009, said Minister for Youth Graham West.

• Time for kids to have their say in research about their lives
  09 Jul 2009
  A group of top social researchers has put together a new resource to help break down barriers to involving children and young people in research about their lives.