The Australian and New Zealand Children's Commissioners and Guardians (ANZCCG) meet twice a year and aims to promote and protect the safety, wellbeing and rights of children and young people in Australia and New Zealand. The ANZCCG strives to ensure that the best interests of children and young people are considered in public policy and program development.
The ANZCCG produces policy statements and communiques arising from its meetings. Recent statements include:
- Communique of meeting in August 2026
- ACCGA letter to Attorneys General - Strengthening National Child Safety Frameworks and Upholding Closing the Gap Commitments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children (July 2026)
- ACCGA statement calling for NT Government to centre children’s rights in new legislation (July 2026)
- Communique of meeting in February 2026
- ACCGA Statement of Support – In Plain Sight (February 2026)
- ACCGA statement – Response to State of Australia’s Children Report (November 2025)
- Communique of meeting in November 2025
- Joint statement on Victoria's youth justice reforms (13 November 2025)
- Joint statement on action required to address child sexual abuse (3 March 2025)
- Joint statement on the social media ban for children and young people (29 November 2024)
- Joint statement on Anti-Poverty Week (13-19 October 2024)
- Letter to the Australian Government: Exclusion of children and young people under 18 from Leaving Violence Payment (24 May 2024)
- Communique of meeting in February 2024
- Statement: Isolation in youth detention (21 February 2024)
- Communique of meeting in September 2023
- Key priorities of the Australian Children's Commissioners and Guardians – April 2023 (332KB, PDF)
- Statement: Incarceration of children as young as 10 years of age in Australian youth detention centres is a national shame (27 October 2022)
- Communique of meeting in November 2019
- Statement on conditions and treatment in youth justice detention 2017
- Communique of meeting in May 2019
- Communique of meeting in November 2018
- Communique of meeting in May 2018
- Communique of meeting in November 2017
- Communique of meeting in May 2017
For earlier communiques and additional resources, please visit the ANZCCG website resources page.
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ACCGA statement – Response to State of Australia’s Children Report |
November 2025 |
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ACCGA Statement of Support – In Plain Sight |
February 2026 |
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ACCGA letter to Attorneys General - Strengthening National Child Safety Frameworks and Upholding Closing the Gap Commitments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children |
July 2026 |
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ACCGA statement calling for NT Government to centre children’s rights in new legislation |
July 2026 |