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Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and
Family Violence, Minister for Sport and Recreation,
Minister for Women to the National Children’s
Commissioner, Anne Hollonds, 22 March 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.
ACT Minister for Education and Early Childhood,
‘Students Can Receive an ATAR for 2020’,
(Media Release, 7 April 2020) <https://www.
cmtedd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/
act_government_media_releases/yvette-berrymla-media-releases/2020/students-can-receivean-atar-for-2020>; New South Wales Premier,
Minister for Health and Minister for Education,
‘”Friends Bubble” Created for Children to Allow
Visits in Time for School Holidays’ (Media Release,
21 September 2021) <https://www.nsw.gov.au/
media-releases>; Premier of Victoria and Minister
for Education, ‘Victorian Students To Learn From
Home, As VCE Timelines Revised’ (Media Release,
7 April 2020) <https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/
updates/coronavirus-covid-19/victorian-studentslearn-home-vce-timelines-revised>.
Queensland Minister for Innovation and
Tourism Industry Development, ‘Queensland
Government Ramps up Support for Visiting
Students’ (Media Release, 22 April 2020) <http://
statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2020/4/22/
queensland-government-ramps-up-support-forvisiting-students>; Queensland Minister for Child
Safety, Youth and Women, ‘CREATE-ive Help for
Kids in Care During COVID-19’ (Media Release,
22 April 2020) <https://statements.qld.gov.au/
statements/89713>.
Northern Territory Minister for Education,
‘Supporting Workers: Territory Labor Government
Guarantees 1700 Causal School Jobs’ (Media
Release, 4 April 2020) <http://newsroom.nt.gov.
au/mediaRelease/32153>.
South Australia Minister for Human Services,
‘Free Parenting Webinar Tackles COVID-19
Concerns’ (Media Release, 11 May 2020) <https://
www.premier.sa.gov.au/news/media-releases/
news/free-parenting-webinar-tackles-covid-19concerns>.
Victoria Premier, ‘Return To Flexible And Remote
Learning’, (Media Release, 12 July 2020) <https://
www.premier.vic.gov.au/return-flexible-andremote-learning>.
227 Letter from Yvette Berry, Deputy Chief Minister,
Minister for Education and Early Childhood
Development, Minister for Housing and Suburban
Development, Minister for the Prevention of
Domestic and Family Violence, Minister for Sport
and Recreation, Minister for Women to the
National Children’s Commissioner, Anne Hollonds,
22 March 2022.
228 Letter from Sarah Mitchell, Minister for Education
and Early Learning to the National Children’s
Commissioner, Anne Hollonds, 1 March 2022.
229 Northern Territory Office of the Chief Minister,
‘Artists Head into Territory schools’ (Media
Release, 1 August 2021) <https://newsroom.
nt.gov.au/article?id=34737>; Northern Territory
Office of the Chief Minister, ‘Investing in Territory
Kids: Three-Year-Old Preschool Trial Begins’
(Media Release, 10 August 2021) <https://
newsroom.nt.gov.au/article?id=34796>.
230 ACT Government, ‘Free Public Transport to
ACT Government COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics’
(Media Release, 2 September 2021) <https://
www.covid19.act.gov.au/news-articles/freepublic-transport-to-act-government-covid-19vaccination-clinics>.
231 New South Wales Premier, Minister for Health and
Minister for Education, ‘”Friends Bubble” Created
for Children to Allow Visits in Time for School
Holidays’ (Media Release, 21 September 2021)
<https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases>.
232 South Australia Department for Education, ‘New
Mental Health Service for Schools’ (Media Release,
7 February 2022) <https://www.education.sa.gov.
au/department/media-centre/our-news/newmental-health-service-schools>.
233 Victoria Commission for Children and Young
People, Impact of COVID-19 on children and
young people – Education (Report, September
2020) 1 <https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/assets/COVIDEngagement/CCYP-Education-Snapshot-web.pdf>.
234 Letter from Yvette Berry, Deputy Chief Minister,
Minister for Education and Early Childhood
Development, Minister for Housing and Suburban
Development, Minister for the Prevention of
Domestic and Family Violence, Minister for Sport
and Recreation, Minister for Women to the
National Children’s Commissioner, Anne Hollonds,
22 March 2022.
235 Letter from Sue Ellery, Minister for Education and
Training to the National Children’s Commissioner,
Anne Hollonds, 21 February 2022.
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