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In Conversation with Liana Buchanan and Members of the Commission Youth Council
In Conversation with Children’s Commissioners
September to November 2024
From September to November 2024 the Children’s Policy Centre will be talking to Children’s Commissioners from around Australia, and internationally, about a range of human right’s issues facing children and young people today.
Join us as we talk one on one with the Commissioners about how they are working to keep children safe, happy and healthy, and to secure their human rights.
In conversation with Liana Buchanan,
Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People, VIC
and Amelia Hunt and Ruby Sait, Commission Youth Council.
Wednesday 25 September 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (AEST)
Join Professor Sharon Bessell, Director of the Children’s Policy Centre, as she discusses the educational experiences of children in out-of-home care.
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- Liana Buchanan
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- Amelia Hunt
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- Ruby Sait
Liana Buchanan has been Victoria’s Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People since 2016 and is also a part-time Commissioner of the Victorian Law Reform Commission.
Amelia Hunt is in her final year of a double degree of Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Global Studies at ACU and passionate about advocating for human rights, the environment and policy change that sees children and young people at the centre of all decision-making processes. Amelia grew up in public housing in Bendigo and was in kinship care at the age of 16.
Ruby Sait
Ruby is in their third and final year studying Communications, majoring in Journalism at Deakin University. Ruby first connected with the Commission in 2018 when they were living in residential care, sharing their lived experiences and ideas for change for the ‘In our own words’ systemic inquiry.