Speeches

• NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre Seminar
  20 Jun 2008
  The Commissioner, Gillian Calvert gave the opening address at our joint seminar Cotton Wool or Plaster of Paris: Perspectives on Injury Prevention and Child Play.

• YouthSafe forum: One size fits none?
  13 Jun 2007
  The Commissioner, Gillian Calvert, and trainee Emma Kenworthy spoke at the YouthSafe young worker safety forum: One size fits none? They gave an overview of kids' experience of work and safety issues.

• Issues facing children and young people in the early 21st century
  05 Jun 2006
  What we know about how children and young people with disabilities experience their lives and some of the other messages from the international research about their lived experiences. Keynote Speech to ACROD NSW Forum on Children and Young People with Disabilities: Sydney.
  

• Parenting Imperative Conference
  26 May 2006
  

  A presentation given by the Commissioner at the Parenting Imperatives Conference in Adelaide about helping parents make good decisions for their young children.

• Industrial Relations Changes Bad News for Kids
  02 Aug 2005
  

  The Commissioner addressed 'The Last Weekend' picnic to outline why the federal industrial relations changes are bad news for kids.

• Rotary Club of Sydney CBD meeting
  23 May 2005
  

  Gillian Calvert and policy trainee, Paul MacKay, addressed the Sydney CBD Rotarians about the Commission's work, kids and the economy, and kids and leadership.

• Creating child-friendly communities to help prevent child abuse
  14 Apr 2005
  The Commissioner helped launch the NSW Branch of the National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) vision for Courageous and Inspired Communities.