Aug 2016
Senator the Hon. Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs addressed the National Coalition on Child Safety and Wellbeing annual meeting on 17 August 2016. Read the transcript here.
Aug 2016
Families Australia has committed to implementing the principles and actions of the Family Matters: kids safe in culture, not in care campaign.
View Statement of Commitment here.
View Family Matters website here.
May 2016
June Oscar AO delivered the 2016 Families Australia Oration, Healing to thrive; building the collective strengths of our families for positive generational change, at the Child Aware Approaches Conference on 23 May 2016.
Read the transcript here.
May 2016
Over 130,000 people celebrated National Families Week this year.
Watch the fun had by all at the Circus Workshop event hosted by the City of Palmerston, NT here.
Mar 2016
The Royal Commission research report about the safety of children and young people with cognitive disability in institutional settings has been released. A link to the report can be found below:
Sally Robinson (2016) Feeling safe, being safe: What is important to children and young people with disability and high support needs a…
Mar 2016
Families Australia held a policy forum in Melbourne on 29 February 2016 which provided information on the Third Action Plan (2015-2018) for the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children. Dr Brian Babington asked the question What must we do differently? to effect the changes sought in the Third Action Plan and…