Child Commissioner
New national advocate for First Nations children takes effect
First Nations children across the country officially have a national advocate from Wednesday, with l...
Dechlan Brennan
1 Jul 2026
First Nations children are growing up with racism. Experts want it recognised as a child rights issue
Children's commissioners from across Australia have used a federal parliamentary inquiry to warn rac...
Northern Territory children's comissioner says "easy fix" policies won't reduce crime
The Northern Territory's Child Commissioner is urging the implementation of strategies known to work...
Community-driven responses, not politics, needed to combat abuse
Child commissioners have rejected the federal opposition's call for a royal commission into sexual a...
"No votes in children": Children's Commissioner criticises punitive attitudes towards youth justice
The National Children's Commissioner says some politicians have told her there are "no votes in chil...
New national advocate for First Nations children takes effect
First Nations children across the country officially have a national advocate fr...
Dechlan Brennan
1 Jul 2026
First Nations children are growing up with racism. Experts want it recognised as a child rights issue
Children's commissioners from across Australia have used a federal parliamentary...
Dechlan Brennan
30 Jun 2026
Northern Territory children's comissioner says "easy fix" policies won't reduce crime
The Northern Territory's Child Commissioner is urging the implementation of stra...
Dechlan Brennan
29 Apr 2025
Community-driven responses, not politics, needed to combat abuse
Child commissioners have rejected the federal opposition's call for a royal comm...
Dechlan Brennan
5 Mar 2025
"No votes in children": Children's Commissioner criticises punitive attitudes towards youth justice
The National Children's Commissioner says some politicians have told her there a...
Dechlan Brennan
2 Oct 2024
The National Children's Commissioner will use her appearance at the National Press Club on Wednesday to highlight her new report, which calls for a massive overhaul of Australia's approach to child ju...
80 per cent of children and young people in the Northern Territory surveyed have seen or experienced racism, a new report by the NT's Child Commissioner has found.
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