Putting children first this week, and always
By Guardian Penny Wright ‘Putting children first’ is the theme of this year’s Child Protection Week. It is an important principle – but one that
By Guardian Penny Wright ‘Putting children first’ is the theme of this year’s Child Protection Week. It is an important principle – but one that
Last Friday marked a significant milestone for the dignity of children and young people in SA’s youth justice centre with the commencement of the use
Hearing the voices of children and young people in residential care will be the focus of a new monitoring program that has kicked off this
The proportion of Aboriginal children and young people in care in South Australia has worsened in the last five years, with Aboriginal children and young
Data from the latest Report on Government Services 2020 which looks at how Australian governments are spending their money, shows that SA spends more on
In 2016 Royal Commissioner Margaret Nyland made it clear there were serious concerns and risks for the many children and young people living in residential
A troubling new report into the treatment of two young people in the Adelaide Youth Training Centre (AYTC) has highlighted the need for Youth Justice
As part of the Child and Young Person Visitor trial program we asked a group of young people who used to live in residential care
By Guardian Penny Wright As we approach the end of a busy year and a time for festivities and holidays, I am reflecting on the
An overwhelmed system continues to see some children and young people removed from their families but placed in care environments where they are still at
We acknowledge and respect Aboriginal People as the traditional owners
and custodians of the land we live and work on, their living culture and their unique role in the life of South Australia.