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…
Jan 2016
Child Aware Local Initiative, South Tuggeranong, wins Outstanding Achievement Award in the ACT Children’s Week Awards.
Background
The Child Aware Local Initiative (CALI) is a capacity building initiative which supports communities to undertake early intervention and prevention activities which contribute to keeping children sa…
Nov 2015
Registration is now open for the 2016 Child Aware Approaches Conference (CAA 2016).
Families Australia members receive discounted rates including early bird. Competitive early bird rates are available for non-members for a limited time as well as a highly discounted rate for three delegate groups and students. Complimentary …