This sixth report from the Commissioner’s Student Voice Postcards initiative reflects responses from the 17,533 South Australian primary school students who participated in 2024. Children aged 8-12 told the Commissioner about the value they place in play, their...
Research studies over many years have shown the emotional, mental, and physical impacts of bullying on children and young people who are bullied. Children and young people have told the Commissioner that many things need to happen to address bullying – both...
Australia’s Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) takes a child-rights approach to education and promotes children’s active citizenship. It encourages early years educators to introduce child rights into children’s daily practice, using the United Nations Convention...
Providing feedback on amendments to the Education and Children Services Act 2019 is an opportunity to bring the law in-line with recommendations of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability. Although these...
We know from our 2022 report From Checkbox to Commitment that children and young people with disability want to be viewed as children first. They have similar likes, hopes, wishes and dreams as any other child, and they wanted adults and organisations to respond...
