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National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has called for national leadership on systems reforms required to keep children safe following news of the distressing case of the childcare worker alleged to have sexually abused numerous children in Victoria. ‘This is not the first time and it won’t be the last, unless governments across the federation take urgent action to implement the…

The National Children’s Commissioner says the Victorian Government’s new bail laws will not make communities safer because they are not based on evidence of how to prevent crime by children. 

National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds is urging a national response to revelations about dangerous practices and regulatory failings across Australia’s childcare sector.

National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has welcomed the interim findings by the first ever Senate Inquiry into Australia’s child justice and incarceration system.

Australia’s First Nations children deserve a brighter future where governments safeguard their wellbeing, rights and dignity, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss said today on International Human Rights Day. “Today on Human Rights Day, I reflect on what a devastating year this has been for our First Nations kids. Their human rights have been ignored…

As the Queensland Government moves to pass its controversial Making Queensland Safer Bill this week, the National Children’s Commissioner is calling on the Australian Government to affirm its commitment to the human rights of Australia’s children, in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Acting National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, Lil Gordon, and National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds, have both expressed serious concern about proposed changes to child protection legislation in the Northern Territory. They believe the changes will undermine basic protections for First Nations children to be able to grow up with…

The National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has welcomed the Federal Health Minister’s announcement of a national review of healthcare for trans and gender diverse children.

National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds said the passing of legislation in the Northern Territory that will see children as young as 10 years old jailed is a failure of all the support systems that should be helping these children. 

Australia’s National Children's Commissioner Anne Hollonds is urging governments and service providers to implement a new national toolkit to help improve laws and policy decisions and monitor their impacts on children.