Submission checklist

Please ensure you have completed all the items in this checklist before submitting your article to Children Australia. If you have any questions or concerns at this stage, please contact us at editor@childrenaustralia.org.au and we will be pleased to assist you.

• Read Aims and scope, Publishing policies and Article preparation.
• Supplied all author details (including email addresses). Note that author addresses should indicate where the research was conducted.
• Indicated the corresponding author.
• Indicated the type of article and followed requirements.
• Clearly identified quotes using quote marks or italics in the article.
• Used the APA7 (author–date) style of referencing.
• Where required, provided detail of ethics approval (name of Institutional Review Board and approval number) under the heading 'Ethics approval'.
• Met requirements for consent from any children and young people described or photographed, people who have been quoted in personal communications and those acknowledged.
• Listed references alphabetically.
• Given numerical data in SI units.
• Prepared tables and figures, and their legends, to conform to journal requirements and suggested placement in the article.
• Used spelling that is consistent within the article and with the Macquarie Dictionary and capitalised only proper nouns (names and titles).