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…
Jan 2019
In welcoming today’s announcement by the Assistant Minister for Children and Families, the Hon. Michelle Landry MP, of the Fourth Action Plan (2018-2020) under the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020, Families Australia again underlined the need for greater national effort to tackle Australia’s…
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…