Publications and Submissions
Publications
“It really stabs me”: From resignation to resilience – children and young people’s experiences of racism in the ACT
In 2022, the CYPC partnered with Curijo and Multicultural Hub Canberra to conduct a year-long consultation with children and young people about their views on and experiences of racism in the ACT. We asked what can be done to stop it and how we can better support children and young people who experience it or witness it. This report presents the findings of the consultation.
Working together to stop racism in the ACT
This is a child friendly report from the 2022 consultation on racism. It presents some of the findings and recommendations, as well as aiming to prompt conversation and reflection.
Listening to children and accepting how they feel 2022
This publication presents the findings of a consultation with children about their wellbeing. A powerful and visual presentation of their needs and their resilience.
Consultation and Engagement with Children and Young People: Statement of Ethical Practice
The Children and Young People Commissioner aims to work towards, and lead, best practices when it comes to working with children and young people. As such we work to a set of practice guidelines that are intended to guide our work and provide guidance to others wanting to consult with children and young people.
What we promise when you share your thoughts with us
The child friendly version of the Statement is intended to support informed consent processes with primary-aged children.
Submissions
The Children and Young People Commissioner makes submissions to the Government on issues that are relevant to children and young people in the ACT. Some of the most recent submissions are listed below.
- Future of School Infrastructure in ACT 2023
- Joint ANZCCG letter to the National Inquiry into School Can’t 2022
- Strengthening Inclusive Education in ACT Public Schools 2022
- Inquiry into Racial Vilification in the ACT 2022
- Advisory Group for National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2022
- Review of ACT Health Programs – Children and young people and responses to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) 2021
- Inquiry into Youth Mental Health in the ACT 2020
ANZCCG Communications
The PACYPC is a member of the Australia and New Zealand Children’s Commissioners and Guardians (ANZCCG) who meet twice yearly, in May and November. The following is a list of meeting communiques and joint publications and submissions of the ANZCCG.
Publications and submissions
- Statement of Support for the Uluru Statement 2023
- Youth Justice Position Statement 2017
- Ban Spit Hoods 2020
- Child Wellbeing in the Context of Covid-19 2020
- Submission to the review of Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility 2020
- Assessing the Quality of Child Protection Practice Framework
- Joint Participation Paper 2018
- In my Blood it Runs media release 2019