Children, Young People and the Built Environment (Inquiry)

This inquiry is a completed Parliamentary inquiry conducted by the Children and Young People Committee.

The inquiry is in accordance with the Committee's statutory functions under s.28(1) of the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998, in particular the following functions:
(b) to report to both Houses of Parliament, with such comments as it thinks fit, on any matter appertaining to the Commission or connected with the exercise of its functions to which, in the opinion of the Joint Committee, the attention of Parliament should be directed; and
(d) to examine the trends and changes in services and issues affecting children, and report to both Houses of Parliament any changes that the Joint Committee thinks desirable to the functions and procedures of the Commission.

Timeline

» Call for submissions: 17 Oct 2005
» Submissions close: 31 Jan 2006
» Final Report Published: 26 Oct 2006

Reports and Government Responses

Date	Name of Document
20/10/2005	Issues Paper 3: Related Developments in New South Wales (Issues Paper)
20/10/2005	Issues Paper 1: Introduction and Overview (Issues Paper)
20/10/2005	Issues Paper 2: The 'Child-Friendly Cities Movement' (Issues Paper)
26/10/2006	Inquiry into Children, Young People and the Built Environment (Final Report)

Hearings and Transcripts

Date	Name of Document
09/05/2006	Public Hearing
16/05/2006	Public Hearing
13/06/2006	Public Hearing

Submissions

View the public submission(s) published by the committee in relation to this inquiry.

The closing date for submissions was 31 January 2006

Contact Us

This is a completed inquiry. The contacts below are historical only.

Primary contact: Helen Minnican, phone (02) 9230 2062, childrenscommittee@parliament.nsw.gov.au OR helen.minnican@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Committee Manager: Helen Minnican, phone (02) 9230 2062, childrenscommittee@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Project Officer: Pru Sheaves, phone (02) 9230 3382, childrenscommittee@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Address for written correspondence:
Committee on Children and Young People
Parliament House
Macquarie St
Sydney NSW 2000
Fax: (02) 9230 3052

Inquiry Terms of Reference

This inquiry was self-referred. Resolution passed 26 May 2005

That, for the purpose of performing its statutory functions under the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998 in relation to the Commission, the Committee is to inquire into:

1. trends, changes and issues for children and young people in the development, implementation and coordination of policy, design and planning for the built environment;
2. the mechanisms available for monitoring and reporting on planning processes and decisions concerning the built environment, as they relate to and impact upon children and young people;
3. strategies to ensure that built environment issues affecting children and young people are readily identified and receive coordinated attention across portfolios and different levels of government;
4. the role of the Commission for Children and Young People in giving input to the Government and non-Government sectors on inclusive and integrated planning and policy-making for children and young people in the built environment;
5. any other matter considered relevant to the inquiry by the Committee;

and report to both Houses of Parliament on the inquiry.

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