My name is Jodie Griffiths-Cook and I am both the Children & Young People Commissioner and the Public Advocate. My job as the Children & Young People Commissioner (CYPC) is to help make Canberra a better place for children and young people. My role includes: promoting the rights of children…
Karen Toohey is Disability & Community Services Commissioner. The mandate of the Commissioner is to consider complaints about the provision of services for people with disability and or for their carers. The Commissioner’s role is also to promote: Improvements in the provision of services for people with disability and their carers…
In the ACT it is against the law for someone to discriminate against you because of a characteristic that you have, or that someone thinks you have, in an area of public life such as employment, education, accommodation, provision of goods and services, or clubs. It is against the law…
Karen Toohey is the Health Services Commissioner. The Commissioner’s mandate is to consider complaints about the provision of health services and services for older people, and complaints about contraventions of the Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997. The Commissioner’s role is also to promote: improvements in the provision of health…
The President and Human Rights Commissioner is Dr Helen Watchirs. A copy of Dr Watchirs’ biography is here. The Commissioner provides community education and information about the rights protected in the ACT Human Rights Act 2004. Human rights are universal, and enjoyed by everyone in the ACT regardless of gender, religious belief,…
Hi there, My name is Jodie Griffiths-Cook and I am both the Public Advocate and the Children & Young People Commissioner. My role as Public Advocate is to protect and promote the rights and interests of anyone in the ACT who is experiencing vulnerability. This includes advocating and supporting: children,…
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