Please browse the list of the Commission's children's issues reports below. Reports can be downloaded, or you can order a hardcopy where available through our online order form.
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How Australian kids see the world
20 Nov 2009
In partnership with children, the Australian Children’s Commissioners and Children’s Guardians have published this book of Australian children’s art to commemorate 20 years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Captured by kids: the first ten years of the NSW Commission for Children and Young People
29 Jul 2009
Captured by kids documents the development, achievements and activities of the NSW Commission for Children and Young People in its first decade from June 1999.
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built4kids - A good practice guide to creating child-friendly built environments
22 Jun 2009
built4kids is a resource developed by the Commission to help create built environments with and for children and young people. It can be used by local councils, government agencies, planners, schools, architects, developers and other professionals.
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Involving Children and Young People in Research
04 Jun 2009
Involving Children and Young People in Research is a compendium of papers that seek to define and address those challenges within the broader context of changing attitudes toward the right of children and young people to play an active role in the decisions and actions that shape their lives.
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Making the working world work better for kids
03 Dec 2008
A public discussion paper released by the NSW Commission for Children and Young People highlights the concern that the current major reforms of workplace laws do not fully address the needs of hundreds of thousands of young Australians.
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Child-friendly community indicators
16 Apr 2008
As part of its Built Environment project, the Commission is developing a set of child-friendly community indicators for use in planning and evaluating child-friendly built environments. The first step is this literature review which describes work that has been done around the world and lessons learned to guide this project. It is based on a report prepared by Griffith University’s Urban Research Program.
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A world fit for children - summary
01 Apr 2008
In 2004 the Australian Government started to put together a National Plan of Action to improve the lives of children and young people in Australia. The Government asked us to talk with children and young people to find out what they think about living in Australia, what makes it good or not so good and what could be done to make their lives better.
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Babysitting guide
03 Oct 2007
Babysitting is the most common job undertaken by 12-15 year olds in NSW with 21% working as babysitters. So we’ve developed a new resource kit for kids working as babysitters, with practical tips for a safe and positive experience.
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Report on paid maternity leave poll
16 Jun 2007
In June 2007 a nation-wide Newspoll survey we commissioned with the National Foundation for Australian Women and the National Investment for the Early Years (NIFTeY) found that there was wide support for paid maternity leave (76%) for working women.
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ATC - Kids well-being
18 Apr 2007
The NSW Commission for Children and Young People and the Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre, University of Western Sydney asked 126 children and young people across New South Wales about what well-being means to them.