Children's rights
Briefing paper
Consultation with young people about the Children’s Online Privacy Code and consent and agency
This paper captures insights from a workshop with young people, focusing on their views of online privacy, agency, and consent. It aims to represent their voices authentically and inform the drafting of the Children’s Online Privacy Code. The paper highlights youth perspectives as central to shaping more inclusive and responsive digital privacy policies.
Submission
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: Early Warning and Urgent Action submission
Across Australia, governments are incarcerating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children at disproportionately high rates compared to non-Indigenous children. This racial discrimination complaint, made to the United Nations, highlights Australia's' discriminatory youth justice systems and how they seriously violate the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Briefing paper
Consultation with young people about the Children’s Online Privacy Code
This paper presents insights from a youth workshop exploring online privacy, with a focus on transparency, geolocation tracking, targeted advertising, and educational technologies. It highlights key concerns and priorities voiced by young people to guide more inclusive and responsive privacy policy.
Survey Report
Results from a survey with young people about the Children’s Online Privacy Code
This paper documents the findings from a survey about online privacy of Australian young people aged 13-17. It was presented as a briefing given to the Office of the Australian Privacy Commission to support their work in drafting the Children’s Online Privacy Code.
Report
Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system
This interim report summarises evidence and identifies key issues from an inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system. Evidence highlighted that Australia’s youth justice system is in crisis and vulnerable children and young people are being held in detention without adequate and appropriate supports. The report makes two recommendations.