Commission for Children and Young People 2025-26 annual report
Summary
The report's own summary: From the Principal Commissioner, pages 4 to 6
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The Commission for Children and Young People reported for 2025-26 on its independent role in improving policies and practices affecting Victorian children’s safety and wellbeing.
The Commission reported finalising two inquiries, examining children who encounter multiple service systems and responses to children in youth justice.
The Commission reported transferring regulatory functions to the Social Services Regulator during the year.
The Commission reported finalising its 2026-29 strategy, with priorities including children’s voices, early intervention and monitoring child protection and youth justice services.
In the body's own words
- Conclusion
The range of our work this year reinforces the importance of the Commission as an independent body that is dedicated to evidence, informed by data, and grounded in the voices of children and young people.
Finances 2
Total expenditure
$13,422,190
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Total expenditure 13,422,190 16,454,136 15,049,752
Salaries and on-costs
$12,034,444
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Salaries and on-costs 12,034,444 14,422,233 13,076,179
Staff 2
Total employees
48 people
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Total employees 48 44.7 30 10 38 8 6.7
Total employees
44.7 FTE
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Total employees 48 44.7 30 10 38 8 6.7
Executives and remuneration 5
Total
2
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Total 2 0 0 0 2 0 nil nil
SES-1
1
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SES-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 nil nil
SES-2
1
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SES-2 1 0 0 0 1 0 nil nil
$240,000 – $279,999
1
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$240,000 – $279,999 1 0 0
$320,000 – $359,999
1
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$320,000 – $359,999 1 0 0
Consultancies 14
Consultancies $10,000 or greater
$409,656
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In 2025–26 the Commission engaged 13 consultancies with individual costs greater than $10,000. The total value of those consultancies was $409,656 (Table 16).
FOI Solutions
$17,078
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FOI Solutions Advice 31,818 17,078 –
FOI Solutions
$25,926
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FOI Solutions Advice 70,000 25,926 –
FOI Solutions
$13,910
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FOI Solutions Advice 35,454 13,910 –
Justitia Lawyers and Consultants
$17,228
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Justitia Lawyers and Consultants Investigation 31,588 17,228 –
Justitia Lawyers and Consultants
$10,129
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Justitia Lawyers and Consultants Investigation 25,584 10,129 –
Lauren Hodes
$44,650
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Lauren Hodes Criminal Justice Inquiry 44,650 44,650 –
List A Barristers
$28,616
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List A Barristers Advice 28,616 28,616 –
Portable
$14,130
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Portable Youth Justice Story Telling Project 14,545 14,130 –
Safe Space Legal
$32,854
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Safe Space Legal Investigation 45,325 32,854 –
Shape Corrections
$96,398
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Shape Corrections Corrections Inquiry Project 96,398 96,398 –
SociaLens Consulting
$31,450
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SociaLens Consulting South Sudanese Australian Expert Working Group Project Report 40,000 31,450 –
Tilda Hum
$14,623
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Tilda Hum South Sudanese Australian Expert Working Group Project Report 14,567 14,623 –
Viaggio Mather Consulting
$62,664
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Viaggio Mather Consulting Review of Reportable Conduct Scheme Processes 62,664 62,664 –
Complaints and investigations 4
Child death notifications received by the Commission by Aboriginal status
38
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Total 3716 36 43 38 38
new recommendations
18
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In 2025–26, the Commission made 18 new recommendations to strengthen practice and service delivery
The report makes 13 recommendations
13
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The report makes 13 recommendations to reform systems to promote meaningful intervention
Completed child death inquiries
35
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In 2025–26, the Commission completed 35 child death inquiries
Other figures 3
Issues raised
775
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Children and young people raised 775 issues with the Independent Visitor Program during visits in 2025–26
phone calls from children and young people in custody
42
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the Commission also received 42 phone calls from children and young people in custody
Responding to enquiries
490
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This year, we responded to 490 approaches
About the document
- Edition
- Current edition
- Reading status
- Read by OPAX
- Pages
- 92
- Figures not found in the report
- Executive average remuneration; Executive remuneration total; Head remuneration; Investigations commenced; Net result; Public hearings; Referrals to prosecution; Total income