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Former Aboriginal children’s commissioner takes expertise to Monash
Victoria's former Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People will com...
Dechlan Brennan 7 Sep 2026
Exclusive: 'Our kids deserve better' — Sue-Anne Hunter on building a future where Indigenous children are heard
As incarceration and out-of-home care rates for Indigenous children continue to...
Dechlan Brennan 11 Nov 2025
Exclusive: Indigenous child commissioner on why representation matters, the role of government, and empowering children
Having a platform to bring forward the lived experience of Indigenous children a...
Dechlan Brennan 31 Mar 2025
Commonwealth needs to stand up for the human rights of Australian children, Child Commissioner says
Australia's Children's Commissioner has called on the federal government to affi...
Dechlan Brennan 11 Dec 2024
'No programs, no education': Testimony from young children in WA detention paints picture of systemic failures

Children as young as ten-years-old in youth detention in Western Australia face racism and miss out on seeing their families during lockdowns, a new report by the state's Commissioner for Children and...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 15, 2024
Aboriginal Child Commissioner latest to criticise Victorian government over failure to adopt Yoorrook reforms

The Victorian government's failure to implement the majority of the Yoorrook Justice Commission recommendations has continued to receive pushback, with the Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and You...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 4, 2024
Inaugural Indigenous child commissioner begins her role in the ACT

Bundjalung Widubul-Wiabul woman Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts began her five-year role as the ACT's inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Commissioner on Monday.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 27, 2024
New report finds racism at Victorian schools is impacting Indigenous children in care

Indigenous children in care in Victoria are facing barriers - including racism - that maintain the gap in education outcomes, a new report has found.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 16, 2023
Commissioner for Aboriginal Children says progress even more vital after referendum loss

Progress for Indigenous children and young people is even more vital in the wake of the Voice to Parliament referendum defeat, a new report tabled today in the Victorian parliament has argued.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 1, 2023
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