Our strategic priorities for 2026-29
We can conduct inquiries into services for vulnerable children and young people.
We hold inquiries into services provided to a child or young person who dies within a year of involvement with Child Protection.
The Minister for Children may recommend that we conduct and inquiry.
We can conduct inquiries about the safety and wellbeing of an individual or a group of vulnerable children and young people.
We monitor the implementation of recommendations from our inquiries
How we monitor Victoria's youth justice system and advocate for reform
How we monitor Victoria's out-of-home care and child protection systems, and advocate for reform
How we monitor preventative detention of children and young people in Victoria, and advocate for reform
Read our submissions on policy and law reform relating to issues affecting children and young people in Victoria
How we participate in the Australian and New Zealand Children's Commissioners and Guardians (ANZCCG)
We organise independent volunteers to visit Victoria's youth justice centres.
Read a snapshot of consultations with young people as part of the South Sudanese Australian Youth Justice Expert Working Group
Spotlighting the experiences, thoughts, and reflections of children and young people about the big issues affecting them.
How we engage with children and young people
Our Youth Council brings youth voice and a lived experience lens into the Commission’s work
Find out about our inquiries and how we advocate for children and young people
All children have rights, no matter who you are. Learn more about the rights of children and young people
How to get help or make a complaint
Find resources and support for children and young people
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How we engage with Aboriginal children and young people, their families, and communities
Find resources and support for parents and carers
Find the Commission's annual reports, reports of inquiries, and submissions
Helpful resources and organisations
We can conduct systemic inquiries when we identify persistent or recurring issues in some services to children.
Systemic inquiry into responses to children and young people who are the subject of multiple reports to Child Protection
Systemic inquiry into the experiences of young children in contact with the criminal justice system
Systemic inquiry into services for young people transitioning from out-of-home care
Systemic inquiry into the lived experience of children and young people in the Victorian out-of-home care system
Inquiry into children who died by suicide and were known to Child Protection
Systemic inquiry into the over-representation of Aboriginal children and young people in Victoria's youth justice system
Inquiry into the implementation of amendments to the Children Youth and Families (Permanent Care and Other Matters) Act 2014
Inquiry into the use of isolation, separation and lockdowns in the Victorian youth justice system
Inquiry into issues of family violence in child deaths.
Investigation into the circumstances of Aboriginal children and young people in out-of-home care in Victoria
Systemic review of the Victorian child protection system's compliance with the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle
Inquiry into sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of Victorian children and young people in residential care.