December Advocacy Wrap Up

December Advocacy Wrap Up

Tasmanian Government releases Youth Justice Blueprint 2024-2034 CREATE Foundation was pleased to see that the Tasmanian Government’s Youth Justice Blueprint 2024-2034 includes a commitment to both raising the age of criminal responsibility […]

November Advocacy Wrap-Up

Children and Young People Amendment Bill 2023 passed in the ACT   CREATE welcomes the passage of the Children and Young People Amendment Bill 2023. The Bill is a key step towards […]

October Advocacy Wrap-Up

Minister for Children appointed in Victoria   CREATE welcomed the announcement earlier this month that Minister Blandthorn would become Victoria’s first Minister for Children in Premier Jacinta Allan’s new cabinet. The […]

September Advocacy Wrap Up

Update on the Queensland Residential Care Review CREATE  participated in the Ministerial Roundtable to inform the Review of the Queensland Residential Care System on 28 September in Brisbane. The Roundtable […]

August Advocacy Wrap Up

Australia’s Youth Engagement Strategy   CREATE recently provided a submission to the Office for Youth on Australia’s Youth Engagement Strategy. Our submission urged the Office for Youth to embed additional processes that truly […]

July Advocacy Wrap-up

July has been another busy month for CREATE’s Advocacy team, with a number of submissions to government and the commencement of this year’s annual consultations across Australia.   Inquiry into the worsening […]

June Advocacy Wrap up

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released its Child Protection Australia Report for 2021-2022.   Key data in relation to out-of-home-care includes:       Nationally, as at 30 June 2022:  45,400 […]

May Advocacy Wrap-Up

Imogen Edeson

We are pleased to announce that two new Young Consultants have joined CREATE’s Influencing Committee. Jasmine Taylor-Harding: “It’s vital to hear children and young people’s opinions on systemic problems. Children’s […]

March Advocacy Wrap-Up

As we move into the final quarter of the 2023 financial year, CREATE is finalising data collection for our three remaining consultations: Health and Well-being in TAS and WA; and […]