Aug 2019
We need your help over coming months to build an ambitious national child and family wellbeing plan to follow the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children which ends next year.
The National Framework, Australia’s first-ever COAG endorsed plan to improve child safety and wellbeing, has delivered on a number of f…
May 2019
I want to discuss what should come after the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children which ends next year. I will start off with a high speed overview of the National Framework, and then pose some questions for discussion.
National Framework: key history
Ten years ago, all Australian governments endorsed the …
May 2019
I begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet and paying respects to their Elders, past, present and future. I want to thank the Department for supporting National Families Week. In particular, I wish to thank the Secretary, Kathryn Campbell AO CSC, and Liz Hefren-Webb, for their participation.
Ove…
Jan 2019
Families Australia proposes the establishment of a long-term national child and family wellbeing policy framework to guide actions that improve the lives of Australia’s families and children, particularly those experiencing the greatest disadvantage and marginalisation. It would represent the logical next step in national soci…
Aug 2018
This issue of National Family News highlights important research into the role that parents play in promoting and protecting their children’s mental health.
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati found that children aged 12 to 13 with parents who never or rarely told them they were proud of them were nearly five times m…
May 2018
This week the ABC, Sydney Morning Herald and other media outlets carried a story posted by 16 year old Lauren Lancaster about the harassment she’s faced on the streets of Sydney for most of her teenage life.
Here is her story about being physically harassed and threatened in public. She writes: “It is an unfortunate truth th…