Changing the out-of-home care system requires the voices of children and young people with a care experience. CREATE is committed to ensuring these voices are reflected in submission processes.

CREATE responds to state and federal government inquiries on issues affecting children and young people in out-of-home care by developing submissions to government, Commissions of Inquiry and Royal Commissions. CREATE submissions articulate the views expressed by children and young people during CREATE consultations and research, and provide government and others an important opportunity to hear from those who experience the system firsthand.

CREATE may also seek the support of CREATE Young Consultants to further inform inquiries through their participation and direct input at public hearings and and meetings.

To download a copy of our submission papers please click on the links below.

2020

CREATE Submission to the Committee on Children and Young People: Effectiveness of the NSW Child Protection and Social Services System in Responding to Vulnerable Children and Families 2020

CREATE Submission in response to the ACT Adoption Amendment Bill 2020

CREATE Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence

CREATE Submission to the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee: Child Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020

CREATE Submission to the National Child Safety Office: National child safety and wellbeing information sharing

2019

CREATE Submission to the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee: Youth Justice & Other Legislation Amendment Bill, 2019

CREATE Submission to the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee: Rethinking rights and regulation: towards a stronger framework for protecting children and supporting families, 2019

CREATE Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee: Adequacy of Newstart and related payments and alternative mechanisms to determine the level of income support payments in Australia, 2019

CREATE Submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, 2019

CREATE Submission on ACT Review Mechanisms, 2019

CREATE Submission to NT Care and Protection of Children Amendment Bill, 2019

CREATE Submission to TAS Government consultation paper on developing a permanency framework for children and young people in the child safety system, 2019

CREATE Co-signatory to WACOSS Submission Partnering with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations to deliver trusted services with stronger outcomes, 2019

CREATE Submission to NT Youth Justice and Related Legislation Amendment Bill, 2019

CREATE Submission to ACT Government Adoption Reform: Dispensing with Consent, 2019

CREATE Submission to ‘Our Booris, Our Way’ Independent review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in contact with the child protection system in the ACT, 2019

2018

CREATE Submission to NT Government on options for the implementation of the civil litigation reforms recommended by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, 2018

CREATE Submission to ACT Government’s consultation on Royal Commission recommendations regarding reporting of child sexual abuse with implications for the confessional seal, 2018

CREATE Submission to Senate Community Affairs References Committee inquiry into the My Health Record system, 2018

CREATE Submission to the Inquiry into the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill 2017

CREATE Response to the South Australian Children and Young People (Safety) Regulations, 2018

CREATE Submission to Australia Human Right’s Commission: Australia’s implementation of the Convention of the Rights of the child for children and young people in out-of-home care, 2018

CREATE Submission to the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children: Proposed focus and scope of the Fourth Action Plan, 2018

2017

CREATE Submission to the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, 2017

CREATE Submission to Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Omnibus Savings and Child Care Reform) Bill, 2017

CREATE Submission to the Independent Review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care in New South Wales, 2017

CREATE Submission to the National Children’s Commissioner: Teenage Parents with an Out-of-Home Care experience, 2017

2016

CREATE Foundation submission to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Response to Consultation Paper: Record Keeping, 2016

CREATE Foundation response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Consultation Paper: Criminal Justice, 2016

2015

CREATE Submission to Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse  – Consultation Paper: Redress and Civil Litigation Consultation Paper, 2015

CREATE Submission to the Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry  into adequacy of existing residential care arrangements for young people with severe physical, mental or intellectual disabilities in Australia, 2015

CREATE Submission to Senate Education and Employment References Committee inquiry into the current levels of access and attainment for students with disability in the school system, and the impact on students and families associated with inadequate levels of support, 2015

2014

CREATE Submission to Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse – Issues Paper:Redress Schemes, 2014

CREATE Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Inquiry into Grandparents who take primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren, 2014

CREATE Submission to Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry into OOHC, 2014

2013

CREATE Submission to Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse – Issues Paper: Preventing Sex Abuse, 2013

CREATE Submission to Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse – Issues Paper: Child Safe Environments, 2013

CREATE Submission to Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse – Issues Paper: Working with Children Check, 2013

CREATE Submission to NSW Government: Child Protection Legislative Reform, 2013

CREATE Response to the Discussion Paper and Proposed Amendments to the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 (TAS), 2013

CREATE Consultation Report for the Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry, 2013

2012

CREATE Submission to Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry, 2012