Jun 2020
Families Australia supports the call for a health warning label on alcoholic products to state the risk of consumption to pregnant women.
Australian and New Zealand Food Forum Ministers will soon meet to decide whether to support a health warning label on alcohol products.
Please add your organisation name to the growing list ca…
Jun 2020
Megan Mitchell looked back on her appointment as National Children’s Commissioner (2013-2020) as she delivered the Families Australia Oration 2020.
Melbourne: 10 March 2020
May 2020
There is plenty of activity happening around the country for National Families Week @Home. As a result of COVID-19 restrictions, community celebrations will be rescheduled to a later date.
Meet our National Families Week Champions.
National Families Week Champion and CEO of Families Australia, Dr Brian Babington talks …
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…
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…