Contributor, Wednesday, 13th June 2018 - Apologies without action become empty words, writes Timothy W. Jones, senior lecturer in history at La Trobe University, in this article which first appeared in The Conversation.…
Wendy Williams, Monday, 23rd April 2018 - A new toolkit has been launched in the wake of the royal commission to help not-for-profit organisations understand the practical steps they can take to provide safe places for children.…
Contributor, Thursday, 8th March 2018 - Child safety should not be a compliance task but rather something that shapes the fabric of an organisation, writes Criterion ahead of the upcoming Creating Child Safe Organisations…
Contributor, Thursday, 8th February 2018 - All organisations and institutions working with children must understand what the Royal Commission means for them to ensure Australian children are never abused again, says Child…
Contributor, Monday, 18th December 2017 - Australian governments and major social institutions now have not only the opportunity, but the responsibility, to create lasting social change, writes QUT professor Dr Ben Mathews,…
Rachel McFadden, Monday, 3rd July 2017 - The United Nations is the latest to join a national chorus calling for the Australian government to introduce a royal commission into violence and abuse against people with disability.…
Rachel McFadden, Monday, 12th June 2017 - A coalition of 163 civil society organisations and 383 individuals have written to the prime minister demanding a royal commission into violence and abuse against people with disability.…
Lina Caneva, Saturday, 1st April 2017 -
An interim royal commission report into youth detention in the Northern Territory says the current system is likely to leave its young inmates more damaged than when they entered.…
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 28th March 2017 -
Disability groups have renewed their call for a royal commission into violence against people with disability after the office of the NSW Ombudsman confirmed it had begun an inquiry…
Ellie Cooper, Monday, 6th March 2017 - The federal government’s decision to rule out a royal commission into violence and abuse against people with disability has been condemned by an alliance of disability advocacy …
Lina Caneva, Monday, 22nd August 2016 - Australian Human Rights Commission president Professor Gillian Triggs has been appointed as the acting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner for …
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 18th August 2016 -
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has released a research report examining what elements make an institution “child safe”.
Royal Commission…