Advocacy initiatives
Campaigns we support
Learn about the advocacy initiatives that align with our mission to promote the health and wellbeing of every newborn, child and young person.
Raise the Age NSW
In NSW, children as young as 10 can be charged, prosecuted and imprisoned. This campaign is working to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 — because children belong in classrooms, not courtrooms.
Raise the Age — Australia
Nearly 600 children aged 10–13 are locked in Australian prisons each year, with First Nations children disproportionately affected. This national campaign calls on all governments to raise the age to at least 14 and invest in community-led alternatives.
Keep Nuclear Weapons Out of Australia
Led by the Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW), this campaign calls on Australia to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and reject nuclear proliferation — because peace is a public health priority.
Act for Children
A non-partisan coalition of health, education, legal and human rights organisations united to put children at the heart of national decision-making — including a dedicated Commonwealth minister responsible for children’s wellbeing and rights.
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Latest articles
ACAH support for Duty of Care Bill
ACAH unreservedly supports Senator Pocock’s Bill and the immediate need for a legislated duty of care.
Health professionals’ letter to the Prime Minister – in support of NT paediatricians
This is an open letter to the Prime Minister, for health professionals and students supporting NT paediatricians in their stand against the devastating health impacts that will likely ensue from fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.
A common cause of suffering and death in kids
Author: Professor Gareth Baynam, Rare Care Centre, Clinical Centre of Expertise for Rare and Undiagnosed Disease, Perth Children’s Hospital There are at least 10,000 rare diseases – Duchenne muscular dystrophy, neurofibromatosis, cystic fibrosis and thousands of other...
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