Appendix A summary of the recommendations made by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, in its Concluding Observations on Australia 201975 The Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on Australia to: General measures of implementation: • consider withdrawing its reservation to article 37(c) of the CRC • enact a comprehensive national child rights legislation fully incorporating the CRC and providing clear guidelines for its consistent and direct application throughout its states and territories • adequately resource the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights to examine the impact of all legislation on children’s rights • guarantee that such legislation is fully compatible with the CRC • adopt a national comprehensive policy and strategy on children that encompasses all areas of the CRC, with sufficient resources for implementation • provide an Assistant Minister for Children and Families with a clear mandate, sufficient authority and resources to coordinate all activities related to implementation of the CRC at cross-sectoral, federal, state, territory and local levels • allocate adequate resources for the implementation of all policies, plans, programs and legislative measures for children and establish a tracking system to monitor the efficient use of these resources • conduct regular assessments of the distributional impact of government investment in sectors supporting the realisation of children’s rights with a view to addressing the disparities in indicators related to children’s rights, with particular attention to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children • establish appropriate mechanisms and inclusive processes for civil society, the public and children to participate in all stages of the budget process • ensure that data collected on children’s rights covers all areas of the CRC, in particular relating to violence, alternative care, natural disasters and children in conflict with the law, and is disaggregated by age, sex, disability, geographic location, ethnic origin, national origin, and socioeconomic background, and identifies those in situations of vulnerability, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, children with disabilities, and asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children • ensure that the data and indicators are shared among the ministries concerned and used for the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs and projects for implementing the CRC • ensure that the Office of the National Data Commissioner has the resources necessary for its effective functioning 41