Through her work, Helen is driving the message that listening to children and young people should be our priority. She believes that where possible, we should work with children and young people to co-design solutions that take into account their opinions, ideas and lived experience.
Helen believes the wellbeing of South Australia’s children and young people should be at the heart of everything we do. She uses a variety of ways to communicate this message and writes regular opinion pieces for Medium, LinkedIn and mainstream press.
She is often asked to comment on subjects relating to children and young people, presenting her findings and views at numerous events and conferences on behalf of SA’s children and young people.
Below is a chronology of articles Helen has written since coming to office in April 2017.
| Date | Article |
| July 22, 2019 | Being human in the new space frontier |
| July 12, 2019 | Leave No-one Behind say 200 South Australian young people |
| May 31, 2019 | Children Are By Nature Respectful |
| May 17, 2019 | Federal Election Priorities |
| April 12, 2019 | Young people know what will deliver a more youthful city |
| March 22, 2019 | Mental Health – what children and young people have told me they need |
| March 4, 2019 | Pride, independence, uncertainty |
| February 27, 2019 | The world is changing for children and young people |
| February 4, 2019 | Future of Work: Coming ready or not |
| December 6, 2018 | Mixed Messages |
| September 28, 2018 | Children and Young People deserve our accountability |
| July 26, 2018 | The risk of not including young people is… |
| July 6, 2018 | Drug Treatment Orders |
| June 22, 2018 | Tackling Truancy |
| June 8, 2018 | Imagine Being 25 |
| May 25, 2018 | Stop The Bullying |
| May 10th 2018 | The Gonski Review |
| April 27, 2018 | One Year On… |
| April 20, 2018 | Hosting His Royal Highness |
| Prior to April 2018 | LINK TO OLDER ARTICLES |