Nov 2020
The vital importance of increasing support for children and young people who are victims and survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence was the key message Families Australia recently gave to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence.
Over the past several months, the Parliamentary Standing Commi…
Oct 2020
One in six children in Australia are living in poverty. Dr Brian Babington, CEO of Families Australia, presents a one minute spotlight on Anti-Poverty Week, 11-17 October 2020. View
For more facts on poverty in Australia, visit the Anti-Poverty Week website here.
Aug 2020
I am pleased to release Families Australia’s report on national consultations about the successor to the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020 and to provide an update on next steps in developing the next framework.
National consultations
During 2019-2020, Families Australia consulted around 800 pe…
Feb 2020
If there were not enough compelling reasons to participate in the National Early Years Summit (11 and 12 March 2020) and start a concerted decade long program of national action focusing on the early years, last month’s Productivity Commission Report on Government Services (RoGS) surely strengthened the case.
RoGS was a stark …
Jan 2020
I strongly encourage you to attend the National Early Years Summit, which is to be held in Melbourne on 11 and 12 March 2020 (more information here). Be part of a gathering of the nation’s top leaders who will be discussing and shaping a major national campaign on the pressing needs of children, especially in the first thousan…
Oct 2019
Great progress is being made with consultations in capital cities and regional centres on the proposed national child and family wellbeing plan to follow the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020.
Over the past six months, Families Australia on behalf of the National Coalition on Child Safety and Wel…