Policy Submissions
Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings
Submission to the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s responses to child sexual abuse in institutional settings. July 2021Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility
Submission to the Commissioner for Children and Young People Tasmania in favour of raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Tasmania, April 2021Office of the NSW Children’s Guardian
Developing a mandatory child safe scheme and embedding the Child Safe Standards in legislation, January 2021NSW Department of Education
Draft Student Behaviour Strategy, October 2020Office of the NSW Children's Guardian
Regulating Child Safe Organisations: Discussion paper for consultation March 2019FACS
Publishing identifying information - children in care | Response to FACSFACS
Shaping a better Child Protection System - Discussion PaperNational Strategy to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Submission to the National Office for Child Safety on the National Strategy to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Final Development Consultation Paper, April 2021NSW Advocate for Children and Young People
Submission to the review of the ongoing suitability of the objectives of the Advocate for Children and Young People Act 2014 and what might need to be changed to ensure the NSW Advocate can operate effectively. March 2021Ombudsman Western Australia
Submission on draft Bill to establish a reportable conduct scheme in Western Australia, January 2021National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme and Independent Review, October 2020Tasmanian Government Discussion Paper Series
A Future Program for Family Based Care, Out of Home Care Foundations Project. December 2018Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Response to the consultation paper on Civil Litigation | Recommendations from the Royal CommissionCampaign Support
Extending support for young people leaving care
Home Stretch sign up
The Children in Care Collective is committed to better supporting young people when they leave the out-of-home care system. In November 2019, the Collective signed up to support the NSW Home Stretch call to action.Home Stretch is a campaign backed by many organisations who believe the out-of-home care system should support vulnerable youth until they are 21 years old, rather than ending formal care arrangements at the age of 18 years. The Collective fully endorses this position.
Raise the age of criminal responsibility
CCC supports raising the age
The Children in Care Collective supports the call on the Australian Council of Attorneys-General by the Australian and New Zealand Children’s Commissioners and Guardians (ANZCCG) to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 years of age to the internationally recognised standard of 14 years.Representations to the NSW Attorney General
The Children in Care Collective has made representations to the NSW Attorney-General supporting a decision in 2021 to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Australia from 10 years to 14 years. July 2021Proposed increase in the cost to students of social work degrees
Following representations to individual government ministers, in September 2020 the Children in Care Collective made a submission to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee which reviewed the government’s Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020. The Collective’s particular concern was the proposed increase in student contributions to the cost of social work degrees. The consultations on the Job-Ready Graduates legislation resulted in the Government announcing that it proposed creating ‘the disciplines of Professional Pathway Psychology and Professional Pathway Social Work’ and that social work studies would be moved to a lower tier of fees