The Commissioner is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Children’s Commissioners and Guardians (ANZCCG).
The Australian and New Zealand Children’s Commissioners and Guardians (ANZCCG) meet twice a year. They promote and protect the safety, wellbeing and rights of children and young people in Australia and New Zealand. The ANZCCG help ensure that the best interests of children and young people are considered in public policy and program development.
The ANZCCG produces policy statements and communiques arising from its meetings. Recent statements and communiqués include:
- Joint statement by Australian commissioners and guardians in support of the Uluru Statement (11 April 2023)
- ANZCCG letter to Senate Education and Employment Committees
- Joint statement by commissioners and guardians on raising the age of criminal responsibility (November 2021)
- Joint media release by commissioners and guardians opposing Northern Territory youth justice legislation
- Joint letter by commissioners and guardians to Federal Minister for Health on the wellbeing of children and young people during and after COVID-19 pandemic (June 2020)
- Communique of meeting in November 2019
- Joint media release by commissioner and guardians on raising the age of criminal responsibility 29 November 2019
- Joint media release by commissioner and guardians commending ‘It runs in my blood’ documentary 29 November 2019
- Joint statement by commissioners and guardians on raising the age of criminal responsibility (September 2019)
- Communique of meeting in May 2019
- Communique of meeting in November 2018
- Communique of meeting in May 2018
- Joint statement on conditions and treatment in youth justice detention 2017
