Discussion and Research Papers Archive 1994-2007

As part of the Information core component, as well as its involvement in law and social policy reform, the National Children's and Youth Law Centre publishes regular discussion and research papers on issues affecting children and young people.

The National Children's and Youth Law Centre takes a child rights-based approach to all of it's policy work. (200KB / PDF Format)

The discussion papers are produced in-house by NCYLC staff and volunteers, covering a broad range of issues, both national and State/Territory.

As of February 2007, the NCYLC Discussion Papers include:

• Child Witnesses & Children's Evidence in the Criminal Justice System (July 1994) (15MB/PDF)
• The Liberty of Young People in Care (August 1994)
• Youthism: Age Discrimination and Young People (July 1995) (17.5MB/PDF)
• Using the Internet to Deliver Legal Information for Young People in Rural, Regional and Remote Areas (July 2000 - updated February 2001) (18MB/PDF)
• Why Australia Needs a Commissioner for Children (July 1995) (131KB/PDF)
• Promoting Youth Participation: a rights perspective (December 1995) (34MB/PDF)
• A Review of the Law on the Age of Criminal Responsibility for Children (October 2000) (35MB/PDF)
• Children in Care and Protection (September 1996) (37MB/PDF)
• Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment Bill 1999 (August 1999) (14MB/PDF)
• School Discipline and Youth Justice Conferencing (August 1999) (9MB/PDF)
• Mandatory Sentencing, Why it is Unacceptable: the impact of mandatory sentencing in the NT and WA (March 2000) (48MB/PDF)
• Legal Response to Corporal Punishment in the Home (December 2000)
• Non-Government Schools and Procedural Fairness (February 2001)
• Suspensions and Expulsions in Government Schools (February 2001) (26MB/PDF)
• A National Guide to Mandatory Reporting Requirements (October 2001) (8.5MB/PDF)
• Child Witnesses and Children's Evidence in the Criminal Justice System - A Review of Recent Developments (February 2002) (20.5MB/PDF)
• Counsellors and Their Child Clients (February 2004) - Free download
• Submission - Corporal Punishment (2007) (100KB/PDF)