Nov 2019
At a special event held in Perth on 7 November 2019 I was delighted to be appointed a Valuing Children Initiative (VCI) Ambassador, joining a growing list of VCI Ambassadors that includes the 2019 Senior Australian of the Year and Families Australia Board member, Dr Sue Packer AM (photographed with VCI Founder Tony Pie…
Oct 2019
I am pleased to provide an update on the Families Australia Annual General Meeting, which was held on Monday 21 October 2019 in Canberra. Prior to the AGM attendees heard an inspiring address by Dean Parkin on the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Dean was closely involved in the Referendum Council process that resulted in the hi…
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…
Oct 2019
What should national child and family wellbeing policy look like beyond 2020? We asked speakers and delegates at the 2019 Child Aware Conference for their views. View the short video here.
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…