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South Australia’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Helen Connolly, has today released her Anti-Poverty Week Statement calling on the South Australian government to provide financial support to enable all students in SA to participate in...

This World Mental Health Day, members of the South Australian Student Representative Council (SA SRC) are calling on the South Australian Government to remove barriers for high school students to access pools, gyms, leisure centres and fitness...

As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, Commissioner Helen Connolly, is calling on the government to position mental health care within a rights-based framework that has relevance and usefulness to the lives of children and young people living in...

Commissioner Helen Connolly has chosen this year’s National Menstrual Hygiene Day to announce the recipients of her 2022 Period Poverty Community Grants program. She is also calling for artists to design a Menstrual Mural...

South Australia’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Helen Connolly, has launched her latest report: From Checkbox to Commitment - what children and young people living with disability said about identify, inclusion and independence. The...

South Australia’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Helen Connolly, is hosting the first face to face meeting of members of the State’s newly established SA student representative council (SA SRC). The inaugural meeting will take place at...

South Australia’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Helen Connolly, has today launched a new model for South Australian school students that will ensure they have a voice in policy and decision making that is led by young people...

Commissioner Connolly has released her annual series of reports on South Australia’s progress toward meeting recommendations made by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child today. Although progress in some areas still has some way...

Commissioner Connolly has today announced the opening of the 2021 Space to Dream Exhibition at the Australian Space Discovery Centre at Lot Fourteen. The exhibition features 21 designs chosen from entries received from more than 2,180 South...

Climate change is consistently in the top 5 issues South Australian children and young people raise with their Commissioner, Helen Connolly. It is an issue they care deeply about and one that is causing them considerable concern and...

South Australia’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Helen Connolly, has today released a summary report of key findings from a survey of young people aged 12-18 years about their views on COVID-19 vaccines and restrictions. As COVID-19...

Commissioner for Children and Young People is hosting over 100 representatives from organisations around Australia to talk about periods and menstruation at what is Australia’s first National Period Summit. Presented...

Commissioner Helen Connolly, has today released Sex Education in South Australia – a report on the relevance of the sex education being taught to children and young people across the State. The...

Commissioner  Connolly has today released Menstruation Matters – an in-depth exploration of the impact menstruation has on South Australian school aged children and young people who have periods. As one of the first reports to explore the...

South Australia’s Commissioner for Children and Young People has chosen International Human Solidarity Day (20 December, 2020) to launch a new set of resources that highlight the views of young people. Commissioner Connolly is calling on SA adults...

Commissioner Helen Connolly has today released a series of Progress Reports on South Australia’s progress on child rights. Launched to coincide with International Human Rights Day (10 December), the Progress Reports cover six separate child rights...

Commissioner for Children and Young People, Helen Connolly, has been calling upon women leaders in South Australia’s Parliament to get in step with their female counterparts at the state, national and international level, and work together to make...

The Blame Game is the latest report released by Commissioner Helen Connolly examining the findings from her School Exclusions project in which 400 South Australian children and young people and their families, shared their views on the impact of...

The Commissioner for Children and Young People, Helen Connolly, was appointed recently and is responsible for promoting and advocating for the rights, needs and wellbeing of children and young people across South Australia. Read the full article:...