Families Australia regularly provides submissions on family-related topics. Most submissions are in response to Australian Government and Parliamentary inquiries and consultations. Families Australia also makes submissions to inquiries conducted at State or Territory government level.
Recent submissions can be viewed below.
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Jul 2020
Families Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence.
Background to this consultation:
On 4 June 2020, the House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs adopted an inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence. The inquiry was…
Apr 2020
Families Australia welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this consultation undertaken by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services.
Background to this consultation:
On 30 March 2019, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Scott Morrison MP, committed $22.5 million in funding over five years towards the establishment o…
Aug 2019
View Families Australia’s submission to the Department of Health consultation on establishing a National Plan for the health of children and young people: 2020 to 2030 here. 22 March 2019
Aug 2019
View Families Australia’s submission to the Productivity Commission consultation on protecting children here. 19 March 2019
Jun 2018
View Families Australia’s submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission consultation: Australia’s progress on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Sep 2017
View Families Australia’s response to the Australian Government Department of Employment’s call for responses to the ParentsNext National Expansion Discussion Paper.