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Safety and Support Bill: People with care experience have their say
The Guardian for Children and Young People, Shona Reid, has today released her feedback on government’s proposed changes to child protection legislation here in South Australia, the draft Children & Young People (Safety and Support) Bill 2024.

Senate announces national inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system
Over the last year Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system has certainly had its fair share of media time, with a nationwide narrative of youth crime, offending and tragedy in detention settings
This week, there was an announcement of a national inquiry into this system – what could be an important opportunity to elevate the voices of young people in detention, and to advocate for their rights and best interests.

Rights in detention
Late last week, I was at the joint national child protection and youth justice forums in Brisbane, and I was asked to sit on a panel to talk about youth detention centres – particularly around upholding children’s rights, and what that looks like in youth detention settings.
This week, I share a little of what I had to say.

National Child Protection Week 2024
Here we are, midway through National Child Protection Week, one of the busiest weeks in the calendar for our office!
Read on to find out more what the Guardian is getting up to, and how we are living this year’s theme ‘every conversation matters’.

This Friday the Office of the Guardian will be wearing it purple!
In this week’s blog post, we’re celebrating the importance of Wear it Purple Day! We explore some of the background to this day, and this year’s theme ‘Your Passion, Your Pride’.
We will also share some of our observations about how being in care and detention can impact LGBTQIA+ young peoples’ expression of their identity. In doing so, we acknowledge that young people are the experts in their experiences – but we are constantly learning about what it means to be an effective ally.

Draft Children and Young People (Safety and Support) Bill 2024 out for consultation
Late last week, the Government released the draft Children and Young People (Safety and Support Bill) 2024 for public consultation.
Now that the draft Bill has been released, we’ve started to unpack what has changed and how this will impact – and attempt to benefit – the quality of care for children and young people, and ensure their fundamental rights are upheld and advanced.
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