ARACY Submission: Digital Duty of Care Exposure Draft

Every child deserves to be safe, online and off. ARACY’s submission responds to the Digital Duty of Care exposure draft, setting out why online platforms should be held to the same safety standards as any other space children use. We draw on insights from our Young and Wise participants, who told us what online spaces […]
800,000 Days of Learning at Stake

In 2025 alone, Australian children lost an estimated 800,000 days of early learning due to climate-related closures of early childhood education and care services. Floods, bushfires, storms and extreme heat are already disrupting the services children rely on to learn, grow and thrive, and the impacts are not felt equally. Children in disadvantaged and climate-exposed […]
Inquiry: The Australia’s Youth Justice and Incarceration System submission

ARACY’s youth justice submission outlines evidence-based recommendations for Federal, State and Territory Governments, that reframe youth justice as a child wellbeing issue and call for trauma-informed, prevention-focused, nationally coordinated reform. This submission sets out ARACY’s key recommendations for Federal, State and Territory Governments to drive a fundamental transformation of Australia’s youth justice system. Drawing on […]