Endnotes
214 Australian Government Department of Education,
Skills and Employment, National Framework for
Managing COVID-19 in Schools and Early Childhood
Education and Care (Report, January 2022) <https://
www.education.gov.au/covid-19/resources/
national-framework-managing-covid19>.
215 Letter from Stuart Roberts, Minister for
Employment Workforce, Skills and Small and
Family Business, Acting Minister for Education and
Youth to the National Children’s Commissioner,
Anne Hollonds, 28 February 2022.
216 Letter from Stuart Roberts, Minister for
Employment Workforce, Skills and Small and
Family Business, Acting Minister for Education and
Youth to the National Children’s Commissioner,
Anne Hollonds, 28 February 2022.
217 Australian Government Department of Health,
Mental health support (Web Page, 2022) <https://
www.health.gov.au/health-alerts/covid-19/
support/mental-health>; Australian Government
Department of Health, Providing health care
remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic (Web
Page) <https://www.health.gov.au/health-alerts/
covid-19/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-thehealth-and-disability-sector/providing-health-careremotely-during-the-covid-19-pandemic>.
218 Victoria Minister for Education, ‘Free Kinder for
Families Through Coronavirus’ (Media Release,
9 August 2020) <https://www.premier.vic.gov.
au/free-kinder-families-through-coronavirus>;
New South Wales Premier, ‘Free Preschool
in NSW for up to Six Months’ (Media release,
9 April 2020) <https://www.nsw.gov.au/mediareleases/free-preschool-nsw-for-up-to-sixmonths>; Queensland Premier and Minister for
Education, ‘$17 Million Relief Package Enables
Free Community Kindergarten for Term 2’ (Media
Release, 12 April 2020) <https://statements.qld.
gov.au/statements/89671>.
219 ACT Minister for Education and Early Childhood
Development, ‘Chromebooks Rolled out to
Years 4, 5 and 6’, (Media Release, 28 March
2020); <https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/open_
government/inform/act_government_media_
releases/yvette-berry-mla-media-releases/2020/
chromebooks-rolled-out-to-years-4,-5-and-6>;
Premier of Victoria and Minister for Health,
‘Victorian Students To Learn From Home, As
VCE Timelines Revised’ (Media Release, 7 April
2020) <https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/victorianstudents-learn-home-vce-timelines-revised>;
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Letter from Sue Ellery, Minister for Education and
Training to the National Children’s Commissioner,
Anne Hollonds, 21 February 2022; Letter from
Grace Grace, Minister for Education, Minister for
Industrial Relations, Minister for Racing to the
National Children’s Commissioner, Anne Hollonds,
24 February 2022; Letter from Sarah Mitchell,
Minister for Education and Early Learning to the
National Children’s Commissioner, Anne Hollonds,
1 March 2022; Letter from Rick Persse, Chief
Executive of the Department of Education, South
Australia to the National Children’s Commissioner,
Anne Hollonds, 22 February 2022.
220 Letter from Sarah Mitchell, Minister for Education
and Early Learning to the National Children’s
Commissioner, Anne Hollonds, 1 March 2022;
Letter from Lauren Moss, Minister for Education
to the National Children’s Commissioner, Anne
Hollonds, 22 February 2022.
221 New South Wales Department of Education,
Learning remotely (Web Page, 2022) <https://
education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/
learning-from-home>; South Australia
Department of Education, Teaching and learning
resources for outside the school (Web Page, 2022)
<https://www.education.sa.gov.au/schools-andeducators/curriculum-and-teaching/teachingand-learning-resources-outside-school>;
Victoria Minister for Education, ‘New Website
To Help Closed Schools Continue Teaching’
(Media Release, 18 March 2020) <https://
www.jamesmerlino.com.au/media-releases/
new-website-to-help-closed-schools-continueteaching/>; Victoria Premier, ‘Partnership with ABC
To Support Learning From Home’ (Media Release,
21 April 2020) <https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/
partnership-abc-support-learning-home>; South
Australia Minister for Education, ‘New Central
Website to Support Home Learning’ (Media
Release, 25 March 2020) <https://www.premier.
sa.gov.au/news/media-releases/news/newcentral-website-to-support-home-learning>; South
Australia Department for Education, ‘Learning
at Home Made Easier Thanks to Our Learning
SA Website’ (Media Release, 31 January 2022)
<https://www.education.sa.gov.au/department/
media-centre/our-news/learning-home-madeeasier-thanks-our-learning-sa-website>; Letter
from Yvette Berry, Deputy Chief Minister, Minister
for Education and Early Childhood Development,
Minister for Housing and Suburban Development,