@CCYPVictoria

The Commission for Children & Young People - an independent agency committed to protecting vulnerable children and young people.

 Melbourne, Victoria
ccyp.vic.gov.au
Joined February 2013
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‘Punitive shifts’ in Victoria’s youth justice system worsening outcomes for Aboriginal children – Dallas Widdicombe, Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, comments for the National Indigenous Times nit.com.au/16-10-2026/27001/…
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Our Principal Commissioner, Tracy Beaton, speaks with Charlie Pickering on ABC Melbourne Drive about what our annual report says on the child protection, out-of-home care, and youth justice systems (Listen from 1.06.37) abc.net.au/listen/programs/m…

Drive - ABC listen

The big stories of the day, mixed with plenty of entertainment and lively debate.

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Media Release: Commission presents evidence for action on children in annual report ccyp.vic.gov.au/news/commiss…
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Our Principal Commissioner, Tracy Beaton, speaks to ABC Melbourne Drive's Charlie Pickering on why we need to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 in Victoria (listen from 2.04.42) abc.net.au/listen/programs/m…

Drive - ABC listen

The big stories of the day, mixed with plenty of entertainment and lively debate.

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Does being tough on crime stop young offenders? Our Principal Commissioner Tracy Beaton talks with Raf Epstein about our inquiry into children under 14 in the criminal justice system, With Us, Not Against Us abc.net.au/listen/programs/m… via @ABCaustralia

Does being tough on crime stop young offenders? - ABC listen

A new report tabled in state Parliament suggests jail time for young criminals will not improve community safety.

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Read more about the inquiry or download the report, here: ccyp.vic.gov.au/news/keep-ch…
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Navigating personal problems are a normal part of growing up. Young people are now turning to AI for help. @CurtinUni theconversation.com/more-tha…

More than half of children and teens are using AI for personal reasons. This comes with risks

Navigating personal problems are a normal part of growing up. Young people are now turning to AI for help.

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Our With us, not against us report on children under 14 in the criminal justice system featured on ABC TV News Victoria last night in this Olivia Jenkins report (Watch from 3.51) iview.abc.net.au/video/NU260…
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Commission for Children and Young People tables report on young offenders in parliament abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/v… via @ABCaustralia

Youths allegedly punched, choked and threatened by police, report reveals

Victoria's commissioner for children and young people is urging the state's new premier to tackle crime with a more preventative approach following a report looking into youth offenders. 

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Evidence, not 'reactive' policies, needed to reduce youth offending and improve community safety – Dechlan Brennan of the National Indigenous Times on our With us, not against us inquiry, tabled in Parliament today nit.com.au/30-07-2026/25620/…
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Media Release: Keep children out of the criminal justice system to make them and the community safer, says new report – Our With us, not against us inquiry was tabled in the Parliament of Victoria this morning ccyp.vic.gov.au/news/keep-ch…
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Australian Children’s Commissioners, Guardians and Advocates call for NT Government to centre the rights of children in new legislation ccyp.vic.gov.au/news/austral…
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Half a century on, NAIDOC Week is still both a party and a protest theconversation.com/half-a-c… via @ConversationEDU

Half a century on, NAIDOC Week is still both a party and a protest

The annual event is an opportunity to honour one of the world’s oldest continuing cultures, but its origins are in Australia’s first civil rights movements.

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How NAIDOC grew from a one-day protest to a week-long celebration abc.net.au/news/2026-07-05/5… via @ABCaustralia

How NAIDOC grew from a one-day protest to a week-long celebration

Traditionally, NAIDOC Week was celebrated by First Nations people, but it has become an invitation for non-Indigenous Australians to get involved.

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The Australian Childhood Foundation responds to the Commission's Left behind inquiry, tabled yesterday in the Victorian Parliament. Children caught in a referring roundabout childhood.org.au/about-us/me…
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Child protection inquiry lays bear system struggling with demand, 'roundabout' of referrals – our Principal Commissioner, Tracy Beaton, talks to Charlie Pickering about our Left Behind inquiry abc.net.au/listen/programs/m… via @ABCaustralia

Commissioner for Children and Young People discusses child protection inquiry - ABC listen

Commissioner Tracy Beaton joined Charlie Pickering to dissect the contents of the report and to call for reforms to the system. 

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Dozens of vulnerable children were deemed not at risk by Victoria’s child protection system. They are now dead theguardian.com/society/2026…

Dozens of vulnerable children were deemed not at risk by Victoria’s child protection system. They...

The state’s commissioner for children and young people raised the alarm about cycles of ineffective referrals to voluntary services and closed reports in 35 cases of children who died after interac...

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Left Behind inquiry in Victoria finds child protection demand putting young people at risk abc.net.au/news/2026-06-04/l… via @ABCaustralia

Failings of Victoria's child protection system including 35 deaths laid bare

An inquiry by the Commission for Children and Young People finds children are falling through the cracks of a state system under overwhelming pressure.

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The deaths of 35 kids in our state care system have been probed. The findings are shocking heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeau…
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Left Behind report: Victoria’s child protection system failing vulnerable children theage.com.au/politics/victo…

35 children deemed not at significant risk by protective services before their deaths

Of the almost three dozen children who died between 2019 and 2025, all had been flagged with child protection services several times, a new landmark report has found.

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