The Commissioner engages with stakeholders across South Australia, not only to build relationships with those who can make meaningful change to the quality of SA children’s lives, but also to foster interconnections between service providers so that they can enhance outcomes across systems and issues.
Meeting regularly with key stakeholders ensures the Commissioner can also share information that children and young people have told her so that the solutions devised and changes made reflect what they have said they most want and need.
Below are key events Commissioner Connolly attended from June to September:
- 27 June – National Sports and Physical Activity Convention in Melbourne – Presenter
- 28 June – 20th Anniversary of Connecting Families – Guest
- 8 July – South Australian NAIDOC Awards
- 9 July – SA Foundational Supports Roundtable
- 9 July – Public Health Association – Child and Youth Health SIG AGM – Key Speaker
- 9 July – Hon Katrine Hildyard invitation – Leader Gathering
- 10 July – Our South Australian Aboriginal Youth (SAAY) Public Speaking Competition – Guest
- 10 July – Select Committee on Endometriosis – Witness
- 12 July – NAIDOC Week Event – Guest
- 12 July –Thriving Families Launch Projects – NGO Partner Session participant
- 15 July – Early Childhood SA meeting – Presentation
- 19 July – Youth Parliament Closing Ceremony
- 22 July – Bright Futures SA forum – Presenter
- 23 July – Whyalla Consultation with Young People and meeting with Mayors from Spencer Gulf
- 7 August – 2024 Philanthropy Event – “Voices of Our Future Leaders” – Participant
- 8 August – Breakfast with Bernie Shakeshaft – Event Sponsor
- 8 August – Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Rapid Review roundtable on centring children and young people – Participant
- 9 August – Swallowcliffe Precinct – Premier’s Visit
- 20 August – Child Rights Framing in Australia Briefing – Participant
- 20 August – The Future of Foster Care in South Australia Forum – Participant
- 22 August – 2024 Dr Alice Rigney Oration – Guest
- 27 August – Third Annual Gladys Elphick Oration – Guest
- 28 August – Big Ideas Challenge – Future Anything – Judge
- 30 August – ECA Play Conference – Presenter
- 19 September –La Familia Hispana Para Hills Gathering – Guest speaker
- 19 September – Feast Festival Program Launch – Guest
- 20 September – South Australian Schools Constitutional Convention – Participant
- 23 September – Suicide Prevention Council Regional Community meeting – Port Pirie
- 24 September – Settlement Action Network Meeting (SAN) – Presenter
- 28 September – Scouts SA ChangeMakers Workshop – Guest Speaker
During this time, the Commissioner visited the following schools and centres consulting with students on a range of topics: Elizabeth Grove Primary School, Whyalla Secondary School, Munno Para Primary School, Elizabeth Park Primary School, Mark Oliphant College, Elizabeth Vale Primary School, St Mary Magdalene’s School, MarionLIFE, Murray Bridge South Primary School, St Joseph’s School, Murray Bridge North School, Swallowcliffe Primary School.
