Read our latest blogs, reports, submissions and media releases.
Farewell and Thanks to Cathy Taylor
Working in child safety and wellbeing is one of the most rewarding, and simultaneously challenging, sectors within government and the broader community. So it is important to acknowledge and say thank you for the contribution of outgoing child protection CEO, Cathy Taylor.
Overcoming the odds to create a brighter future
This is a story of how our vulnerable young people caught up in child protection and youth justice systems need our love, care and support. They need to be listened to, have a say in decisions that affect them and know that we believe in them.
Deaths in custody – submission to the United Nations
Concerned about the ongoing deaths of people while detained, Shona Reid, along with other members of the Australian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) Network, wrote a joint submission to the United Nations urging them to consider the implementation of the Royal Commission’s recommendations.
Australia’s children commissioners and guardians support for the Uluru Statement
The Australian Children’s Commissioners and Guardians, which Guardian Shona Reid is a member of, have wholeheartedly provided their support to the full implementation of the Uluru Statement.
Landmark study into child maltreatment calls for transformation
Findings from a landmark study into the maltreatment of children could help transform how we understand child maltreatment and the services that are needed to prevent abuse from happening in the first place.
Review of the Children and Young People (Safety) Act takes us some way forward
A report into the scheduled review of South Australia’s Children and Young People (Safety) Act has just been released by the State Government.
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