While policies and procedures are beneficial, the principles also remind us of the importance of organisational culture, the attitudes, values and beliefs of an organisation in keeping children safe. The principles are: the organisation focuses on what is best for children all children are respected and treated fairly children’s families and communities are welcome and encouraged to participate in the organisation children receive services from skilled and caring adults. For more information, please see Western Australia Commissioner for Children and Young People submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry into incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples On 26 September 2017, the WA Commissioner for Children and Young People, Colin Pettit, made a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry into incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The submission includes evidence on incarceration, along with the views of children and young people in WA. To read the submission, please see Northern Territory Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory - Voices: What children have told us Child Protection – On 26 September 2017, the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory released the report, Voices: What children have told us Child Protection. The report captures the views – of children and young people as heard by the Royal Commission. In a speech introducing the report to the NT Council of Social Service, Commissioner Mick Gooda declared, as ‘just a new approach is needed for youth justice and detention what we have heard during the Commission about the child protection system in the Northern Territory also signals the need for a paradigm change.’ The report can be accessed at The speech by Commissioner Mick Gooda, introducing the report, can be found at The Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory is scheduled to release its final report on 17 November 2017.
While policies and procedures are beneficial, the principles also remind us of the importance of organisational culture, the attitudes, values and beliefs of an organisation in keeping children safe. The principles are: the organisation focuses on what is best for children all children are respected and treated fairly children’s families and communities are welcome and encouraged to participate in the organisation children receive services from skilled and caring adults. For more information, please see Western Australia Commissioner for Children and Young People submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry into incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples On 26 September 2017, the WA Commissioner for Children and Young People, Colin Pettit, made a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry into incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The submission includes evidence on incarceration, along with the views of children and young people in WA. To read the submission, please see Northern Territory Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory - Voices: What children have told us – Child Protection On 26 September 2017, the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory released the report, Voices: What children have told us – Child Protection. The report captures the views of children and young people as heard by the Royal Commission. In a speech introducing the report to the NT Council of Social Service, Commissioner Mick Gooda declared, ‘just as a new approach is needed for youth justice and detention what we have heard during the Commission about the child protection system in the Northern Territory also signals the need for a paradigm change.’ The report can be accessed at The speech by Commissioner Mick Gooda, introducing the report, can be found at The Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory is scheduled to release its final report on 17 November 2017.
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