The Commissioner for Children and Young People report into Tasmania’s out-of-home care system is troubling, and its findings demand urgent action
Today’s Productivity Commission Report on Government Services (RoGS) again highlights the Rockliff Government’s appalling child safety record.
The Greens are calling for children imprisoned at Ashley Youth Detention Centre to be allowed wherever possible to spend Christmas at home with their families
Unvaccinated Tasmanian children under five years are at higher risk of serious Covid complications, but have been abandoned by the Rockliff Government.
The UN Committee against Torture’s concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Australia provides substantive recommendations for Tasmania.
While the draft plan represents a major shift for youth justice and lays out the steps forward, it doesn’t solve Tasmania’s current youth justice failings.
Today we recognise the pain and honour the courage of all survivors of sexual assault and institutional abuse.
Children in Tasmania can be criminalised in the justice system from the age of 10. From the age of 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.
Joining us in Parliament, out on the lawns, over at Elizabeth St Pier & on screens across the country, are Tasmanians - victim survivors & people who love them.
Children are again being locked up at Ashley for 23 hours in a day because you cannot properly staff the place.