Submission Youth Justice and Child Wellbeing Reform Across Australia 2023
This is ARACY’s submission to the Youth Justice and Child Wellbeing Reform Across Australia 2023 Risk factors for youth offending should be conceptualised through an ecological model and acrossthe life-course to facilitate a systematic approach to addressing the complex, multi-factorialdrivers of youth offending. Children and young people are experts in their own experience and should […]
Australian Children’s Wellbeing Index
UNICEF Australia and ARACY are working to understand what it takes to make Australia an even better place for children to grow up in. Together in 2021 they developed the Australian Children’s Wellbeing Index to provide a picture of how children are faring across all aspects of wellbeing and how that is changing over time. The wellbeing of Australia’s children […]
Submission to the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022
This is ARACY’s submission to the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022. Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) is an essential service, not only to facilitate workforce participation, but to enhance the wellbeing and developmental trajectories of Australian children, especially those with additional vulnerabilities. While high quality ECEC is beneficial for most […]