Federal Minister Tanya Plibersek meets Australia’s Children’s Commissioners and Guardians
Former Minister for Human Services and Minister for Social Inclusion, the Honourable Tanya Plibersek met with Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Elizabeth Fraser and the other members of the Australian Children's Commissioners and Guardians (ACCG) at the biennial ACCG meeting held in Sydney on 7-8 November 2011. Read more
Understanding Mortality Data Workshop
The Queensland Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, along with Queensland University of Technology’s National Centre for Health Information Research and Training, recently hosted the annual Australasian Mortality Data Interest Group (AMDIG) workshop in Brisbane. Read more.
Daniel Morcombe Foundation Presentation
On Wednesday 14 December 2011, the Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Elizabeth Fraser, welcomed Denise and Bruce Morcombe – the Queensland Australians of the Year – to the Commission for a presentation event. Read more.
Community Visitor Professional Development Forums
The role of the Commission Community Visitors (CVs) is critical to the oversight and advocacy work of the Commission. Ensuring that CVs have the opportunity to strengthen their existing skills and build new ones is critical to their work in promoting the safety and wellbeing of children in care. Read more
Kids in care: improving educational outcomes forum
The first in a series of forums on improving educational outcomes for kids in care was hosted by the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian in November. Read more
What’s emerging in policy and research
A summary of recent research, reports and policy initiatives can be viewed in the Commission’s latest policy scan. Topics of interest in Issue 22 (November 2011) include news on education, health and wellbeing, and child deaths.
Commission hosts information forum for key community partners on the Child Guardian Report: Child Protection System 2009-10
Commissioner Elizabeth Fraser held an information session on 12 December 2011 for community (non-government) partners to discuss the key findings from this recently released report. Read more
Getting to know the Commission’s Community Visitors
To help people in the broader community understand more about the valued work of Community Visitors (CVs), the Commission will be profiling a number of stories about some of our CVs. Click here to read about Zarina Relajnovic from North Queensland.
