Partners

The Commonwealth Attorney General's Department is our principal source of funding and currently our only confirmed recurrent source of funding. In the last few years, each of the Attorneys General (Philip Ruddock in the Howard Government and Robert McClelland in the Rudd Government) has demonstrated his commitment to the work of the Centre by making special grants to the Centre.

The University of New South Wales has continued to provide the Centre with valuable and strategic accommodation to the Centre for over twelve years.

The University of Sydney has been one of the Centre's major partners since inception.

Squiz a Web Development company has provide us with important technical support, training and advice on the development of our websites and communications strategy.

Mallesons Stephen Jaques is our strongest supporter from the private legal profession and has continued its longstanding commitment to the Centre in a variety of innovative and important ways. Last year saw the rollout of the National Cyber Volunteer Project which has provided the Centre with Mallesons staff members as volunteers in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Perth. And we continue to welcome the wonderful contributions of our Mallesons Placement Lawyers.

The NSW Department of Ageing, Disability & Home Care has provided us with computers, funding to develop our websites for children with a disability and introduced us to our IT partner Squiz.

The Melbourne Community Foundation has provided us with project funding to develop more effective strategies for assisting Indigenous children.

The Reichstein Foundation has provided us with project funding to develop a sustainable model for child rights monitoring.

Oxfam, UNICEF and Save the Children and other members of the Child Rights Taskforce have worked with the Centre on the development of child rights in Australia and reporting our compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The University of Sydney, The University of New South Wales, The University of Wollongong and Australian Internships have provided the Centre with law student placements.

The National Youth Advocacy Network helps to ensure that the Centre is informed of youth justice issues around the country.

In 2008 we were fortunate to work with John Tobin from the Melbourne University Law School and Tiffany Overall from Youthlaw Victoria in organising the “Seen and Heard – 10 Years On” Workshop at the Melbourne University Law School.

Sidney Myer Fund sponsored a new section on the site relating to procedural fairness and the rights/responsibilities of students at school.

NRMA sponsored an addition to the site on legal issues concerning owning and driving a motor vehicle, Hit the Road. They also sponsored a major upgrade to the site enabling site searches.

The Office of the Employment Advocate sponsored On the Job, an extensive section on the site dedicated to issues concerning the workplace such as discrimination, employment contracts, pay issues, and employment terms.

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, in partnership with the NCYLC, contributed to developing Action Exchange: a new section of the site concerning the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and youth participation in the community.