<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><div><font size="2">The Listen to Children Report relates to the initial OPSC report of Australia. It is a comprehensive and constructive analysis of children’s rights in Australia and makes a range of targeted recommendations to address disadvantage and promote child protection and wellbeing.</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Australia has made limited progress to address the unacceptable gaps in the protection of children’s rights and in the main, has not developed child-sensitive laws, policies, initiatives and systems.</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">To do better for all our children, Australia needs to learn to listen to children. A Children’s Commissioner, acting as the anchor of a National Plan of Action for Children and Young People, is the key to
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