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The Guardian’s Quarterly Newsletter – May 2018


In this edition of the Guardian’s Quarterly Newsletter:

  • The Guardian on the necessity for collaboration and cooperation in child protection
  • A community group doing fantastic work providing backpacks for young people in care and escaping domestic violence
  • The short but eventful history of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • Some things we can learn from Commissioner Lander’s inquiry into events at the Oakden nursing home.

Plus what the Office has been up to over the last few months.

Download the May 2018 Newsletter.

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