Anne Hollonds
All seven Commissioners of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) have joined forces to call for sweeping reforms in response to the continuing crisis of Indigenous deaths in custody.
Child commissioners have condemned the new bail laws in Victoria, deriding them as costly changes that will only make the "community less safe".
An interim parliamentary report into children in prison has failed to recommend sweeping changes, despite the "significant and disturbing evidence" received from a large number of experts.
Australia's child commissioner was prevented from entering youth prisons in Victoria and Western Australia during a national tour in 2023. As part of her "Help way earlier!
The appearance of every child commissioner in Canberra on Monday was vital to highlighting the inhumane treatment of children in Australia, an inquiry has heard.
Proposed law changes in the Northern Territory will undermine basic protections for Indigenous children to be able to grow up with their culture and community, the First Nations children's commissione...
Australia's Children's Commissioner has called on the federal government to affirm its commitment to the human rights of Australia's children as the Queensland government this week looks set to pass t...
Two Australian Human Rights Commissioners have called on the Northern Territory government to reverse their plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility, arguing it will not help community safety...
The overwhelming majority of Indigenous, medical, and human rights groups have told the national youth justice inquiry a dramatic overhaul of the system is needed, including raising the age of crimina...
More than 120 representatives have met in Canberra to reinforce the urgent need for youth justice reform to be made a national priority. Co-hosted by the National Children's Commissioner, Anne Holland...
The Northern Territory government has announced they will introduce legislation next week to criminalise breaches of bail for children as well as expanding the presumption against bail to include yout...
The National Children's Commissioner says some politicians have told her there are "no votes in children" when she has tried to raise the issue of youth justice.
The National Child Commissioner says media coverage on youth crime is "creating more and more fear". Appearing on ABC RN, Anne Hollonds, who will address the National Press Club on Wednesday, said whe...