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Helen Connolly

Going hungry in SA

The case for school lunches

Oct 19, 2022

Going hungry in SA

Oct 19, 2022

School is where children should be

Term 3 is shaping up to be a difficult time for schools in South Australia with families, children and school communities all under…

Aug 18, 2022

School is where children should be

Aug 18, 2022

Campaigns and costings will not increase young people’s participation at the ballot box

An estimated 1.2 million South Australian’s will cast their vote in a State Election this weekend (19 March 2022) but approximately 50% of…

Mar 18, 2022

Campaigns and costings will not increase young people’s participation at the ballot box

Mar 18, 2022

A Call to Action

We the children want you the adults to:

Nov 4, 2021

A Call to Action

Nov 4, 2021

Children. Contemporary canaries in the coal mine?

When it comes to the future of the planet, children really are the proverbial ‘canaries in the coal mine’. They provide us with advance…

Oct 1, 2021

Children. Contemporary canaries in the coal mine?

Oct 1, 2021

Glocalism and the post COVID world

Children and young people born since the year 2000 have lived through a period of significant social and technological transformation. This…

May 6, 2021

Glocalism and the post COVID world

May 6, 2021

Menstruation Matters — The need to educate boys

As our country’s highest institutions grapple with sexual and gender inequality, our media landscape and public are united in their demand…

Mar 26, 2021

Menstruation Matters — The need to educate boys

Mar 26, 2021

Where do the Children Play?

My report Press Play — Activating young people’s health and wellbeing through play, documents findings of a survey I undertook in 2019 of…

Sep 2, 2020

Where do the Children Play?

Sep 2, 2020

Skyrocketing Youth Unemployment must not be our Lockdown Legacy

The impact of COVID-19 on Australia’s labour market is starting to sink in. It is fast becoming the next big challenge for government…

May 21, 2020

Skyrocketing Youth Unemployment must not be our Lockdown Legacy

May 21, 2020

‘TWEENS’ — never listened to, and almost always talked at. But we can change all that…

One of the characteristics of this century has been the creation of more defined stages of life, each with its own distinct features and…

May 7, 2020

‘TWEENS’ — never listened to, and almost always talked at. But we can change all that…

May 7, 2020

Helen Connolly

Helen Connolly

Helen Connolly is South Australia’s inaugural Commissioner for Children and Young People. She advocates for change at the systemic level to improve C&YPs lives.

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