Appendix 1Submissions and additional information
1KidsXpress
2The Australia Institute
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3Professor Tamara Walsh, University of Queensland
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4Sentencing Advisory Council (Victoria)
5Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency
6Professor Barry Goldson, University of Liverpool
7Care and Kindness: Wings of Inclusion
8Law and Advocacy Centre for Women
9SA Commission for Children and Young People
10Helen Manos
11Damien Linnane
12Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners
13Dr Michael Levy AM
14Keith Hamburger AM
15Eamon Ryan, Inspector of Custodial Services (WA)
16Djirra
17Australian Centre for Health Law Research
18Greg Peak
19Richard Brooking
20Justice Reform Initiative
21Hello Initiative
22Eric Hayward
23Professor Andrew Day, University of Melbourne
24CREATE Foundation
25Association of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies NT
26African Communities Council of South Australia
27NOFASD Australia
28Raise the Age NSW
29yourtown
30Australian Association for Restorative Justice
31Youth Off The Streets
32Australian Alcohol and Other Drugs Council
33Anglicare Victoria
34Common Grace
35Centre for Multicultural Youth
36Tiraapendi Wodli Justice Reinvestment
37Professor Fiona Stanley, Professor Carol Bower, Professor Patricia Dudgeon, Dr Jocelyn Jones, Dr Hannah McGlade, Dr Sharynne Hamilton & Dr Hayley Passmore
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38Queensland African Communities Council
39Metropolitan Youth Health
40Associate Professor Tamara Blakemore, Associate Professor Shaun McCarthy & Dr Louise Rak, University of Newcastle
41Bob Beadman
42Dr Meg Perkins
43Joe Horner
44Stephen Encisco
45Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network
46Olivia Conan-Davies
47Junction Australia
48Institute of Public Affairs
49Redfern Legal Centre
50Royal Australasian College of Physicians
51National Justice Project & Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research
52Dr Fiona Robards & Professor Elizabeth Elliott, University of Sydney
53PeakCare Queensland Inc.
54Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod
55Australian Medical Association
56Save the Children & 54 reasons
57Queensland Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies
58Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
59Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care, Australian Childhood Foundation
60Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTAR)
61Associate Professor Catia Malvaso, University of Adelaide
62Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak
63Australian Child Rights Taskforce
64Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY)
65Australian Human Rights Commission
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66NAPCAN
67Dr Lisa Ewenson, UNSW Sydney
68Faircloth McNair & Associates
69Australian Psychological Society
70Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT
71Jesuit Social Services
72Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
73Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service
74Australian and New Zealand Children's Commissioners, Guardians and Advocates
75Multicultural Australia
76Life Without Barriers
77Federation of Community Legal Centres
78Youth Affairs Council Victoria
79Justice Collaboration, University of Sydney
80Network of Councils of Social Service
81Youthlaw
82Human Rights Law Centre & Change the Record
83UNICEF Australia
84SHINE for Kids
85ACT Public Advocate and Children and Young People Commissioner
86NSW Council for Civil Liberties
87Professor John Tobin, University of Melbourne
88Dr Terry Hutchinson, Southern Cross University
89Amnesty International Australia
90ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Commissioner
90.1 Supplementary to submission 90
91Justice and Equity Centre
92Luke Twyford, Queensland Family and Child Commission
93Tasmanian Council of Social Service
94Women's Legal Service Victoria
95Youth Support and Advocacy Service
96Fams
97Catholic Religious Australia
98WA Commissioner for Children and Young People
99First Peoples Disability Network
100Emeritus Distinguished Professor Rob White, University of Tasmania
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101St Vincent de Paul Society National Council
102No to Violence
103Centre for Excellence in Child & Family Welfare
104South Australian Council of Social Service
105Northern Territory Paediatricians
106Maranguka Limited
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107Council of Aboriginal Services Western Australia
108Professor Ruth McCausland and Professor Eileen Baldry, UNSW Sydney
109Australian National Preventive Mechanism
110Dr Molly McCarthy, Deakin University, and Professor Keith McVilly, University of Melbourne
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111Just Reinvest NSW
112Anglicare Southern Queensland
113ADHD X
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114Justice Health Group
115Youth Advocacy Centre
116The Kids Research Institute Australia
117Maggie Blanden
118Commissioner for Children and Young People (Tas)
119Hope Community Services
120Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion
121The Salvation Army
122Australasian Society for Developmental Paediatricians
123Queensland Council of Social Service
124Clinical Associate Professor Raewyn Mutch
125NSW Ombudsman
126NT Council of Social Service
127Intellectual Disability Rights Service
128Sisters Inside Inc. & National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
129Youth Affairs Council of SA
130Community Restorative Centre
131Katherine Women's Legal Service
132Indigenous Allied Health Australia and Indigenous Allied Health Australia, NT Workforce Development
133Smart Justice for Young People
134Parents under Pressure Program (Griffith University) and Beyond the Pale Indigenous Corporation
135ANU Law Reform and Social Justice Research Hub
136Australian Youth Justice Action Circle
137Voices of Influence Australia
138Social Reinvestment WA
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139Zoë Robinson, Advocate for Children and Young People (NSW)
140Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Women's Council
141Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations (WA)
142Koorie Youth Council
143The Shopfront Youth Legal Centre
144Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania
145James Burford, Yvette Holt & Dr Georgina Dimopoulos, Southern Cross University
146Maurice Blackburn
147Community Justice Coalition
148Justice Action
148.1 Supplementary to submission 148
149North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency
150Darwin Amnesty Action Group
151Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People (SA)
152Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Qld)
153Reserve Magistrate Jennifer Bowles, Churchill Fellow
154Australian Education Union
155Yuwaya Ngarra-li Partnership
156Australian Youth Affairs Coalition
157headspace
158Coalition of Peaks
159Vacro
160Commissioner Natalie Lewis, Queensland Family and Child Commission
161Nic Carson
162Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
163Professor John Mendoza
164Victorian Commission for Children and Young People
165Associate Professor Jocelyn Jones & Juliet Brook, Edith Cowan University
166Big hART
167Sarah Nelson
168knowmore
169Public Health Association of Australia
170Partnership for Justice in Health
171Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia
172National Legal Aid
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173SNAICC – National Voice for our Children
174Dr Anita Mackay, La Trobe University
175Westjustice
176Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commissioner
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177Gilbert + Tobin
178South-East Monash Legal Service
179Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Limited
180Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association
181Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research
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182Shane Northcott
183Victoria Legal Aid
184Children's Court of New South Wales
185Institute for Collaborative Race Research
186Justice Reinvestment Network Australia
187Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia
188Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW
189Community and Public Sector Union / Civil Service Association of WA
190Professor Leah Bromfield & Robert Benjamin
191Levitt Robinson
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192Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
193Northern Territory Government
194Office of the Children's Commissioner NT
195Law Council of Australia
196Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS)
197Aia Newport
198Roxanne Moore
199Legal Aid NT
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200Tasmanian Government
201Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT)
202National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
203Queensland Human Rights Commission
204Attorney-General's Department
205Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service
206Youth Law Australia and Centre for Criminology, Law and Justice, UNSW
207Shona Reid, Guardian for Children and Young People (SA)
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208Angela Sdrinis Legal
209Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (SA)
210Name Withheld
211Name Withheld
212Confidential
213Confidential
214Margaret Walker
215Confidential
216Confidential
217Confidential
218Confidential
219Confidential
220Nick Feik
221Anti-Slavery Australia
222ACT Inspector of Custodial Services
223Jack Davenport
Additional Information
1Commissioner for Children & Young People, Commissioner's Policy Position, The need for rights-based reform of South Australia's child justice system, January 2025, provided by Commissioner Helen Connolly (received 24January 2025)
Answers to Questions on Notice
1First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Thorpe, 11 February 2025 (received 11February 2025)
2Australian Child Rights Taskforce, answers to questions on notice, 3 February 2025 (received 14 February 2025)
3Coalition of Peaks, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Thorpe, 11 February 2025 (received 14 February 2025)
4Law Council of Australia, answers to written and spoken questions on notice, 3 February & 11 February 2025 (received 14 February 2025)
5UNICEF Australia, answers to questions on notice, 3 February 2025 (received 14 February 2025)
6Australian and New Zealand Children's Commissioners, Guardians and Advocates, answers to questions on notice, 3 February 2025 (received 14 February 2025)
7Attorney-General's Department, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Thorpe, 11 February 2025 (received 14 February 2025)
8SNAICC—National Voice for our Children, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Thorpe, 11 February 2025 (received 18 February 2025)
9Australian Human Rights Commission, answers to questions on notice, 3February 2025 (received 18 February 2025)
10Justice Action, response to questions on notice, 3 February 2025 (received 18February 2025)
11National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Thorpe, 11 February 2025 (received 18 February 2025)
12National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, answers to written and spoken questions on notice, 3 February & 11 February 2025 (received 20 February 2025)
13Department of Social Services, answers to written and spoken questions on notice, 3 February & 11 February 2025 (received 20 February 2025)
14Office of the Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Thorpe, 11 February 2025 (received 27 February 2025)
15National Indigenous Australians Agency, answers to questions on notice, 3February 2025 (received 27 February 2025)
16Australian Federal Police, answers to written questions on notice from Senator Thorpe, 11 February 2025 (received 28 February 2025)
Correspondence
1Letter from the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council dated 2 October 2024
2Letter from the Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) dated 3October 2024
Tabled Documents
1Letter from Joint Council on Closing the Gap to the NT Attorney-General, dated January 2025, tabled at a public hearing on 3 February 2025