May 2017
Transforming child safety and wellbeing, especially for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, will be the focus of Families Australia’s Child Aware Approaches Conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, 15-16 May 2017.
‘Australia continues to face an alarming situation on child abuse and neglect. …
May 2017
Australian communities will celebrate the importance of families in locally organised events around the country to mark National Families Week, 15 to 21 May 2017. Over 120,000 people are registered to take part.
‘Families are society’s most important building block; whatever form families take all deserve respect, suppo…
Sep 2016
The Hon. Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, announced the Coalition Government’s new approach to the welfare system at the National Press Club on Tuesday 20 September 2016.
Minister’s media release: Investing in people, improving lives
Full report: Australian Priority Investment Approach to Welfare
Ba…
May 2016
National Families Week 2016 will be held from Sunday 15 May to Saturday 21 May 2016.
The aim of National Families Week 2016 is to celebrate the vital role that families play in Australian society. The theme is ‘Stronger families, stronger communities‘.
According to Families Australia Chief Executive Officer Dr Brian …
May 2016
The National Coalition on Child Safety and Wellbeing today applauded the Federal Government’s announcement that it will allocate $5.1 million to better support young people to transit successfully to adulthood from out-of-home care (foster and other forms of care), and to strengthen parenting skills in the first 1,000 days of …
Dec 2015
Families Australia strongly welcomes today’s announcement of the Third Action Plan (2015-18) under the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020 – Australia’s first-ever national plan of action to tackle child abuse.
Families Australia’s Chief Executive Officer and convenor of the National NGO Co…