Putting Children at the Centre

Mar 30, 2022 - Mar 30, 2022

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Putting Children at the Centre

Mar 30 2022

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Professor Sharon Bessell, Director of the ANU Children's Policy Centre, is joined by a panel of three Australian Children's Commissioners to discuss the importance of putting children's views and rights at the centre of their work.PANELLISTSJodie Griffiths-Cook, ACT Children and Young People CommissionerLuke Twyford, Principal Commissioner Queensland Family and Child CommissionZoë Robinson, NSW Advocate for Children and Young People

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