Families Australia regularly provides submissions on family-related topics. Most submissions are in response to Australian Government and Parliamentary inquiries and consultations. At times, Families Australia also makes submissions to inquiries conducted at State or Territory government level.
Recent submissions can be viewed below.
In addition, Families Australia assisted the Alliance for Forgotten Australians (AFA) to prepare submissions to a range of inquiries between 2007 and 2015. These can be accessed on the AFA website.
Submissions can be filtered by the following categories:
Jul 2016
I write in response to the call for feedback on the proposed reporting framework on ‘what works to improve outcomes in government services’. Families Australia is a national, peak, not-for-profit organisation that strives to improve the wellbeing of Australian families, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised. Famili…
Jun 2016
This paper contains recommendations by Families Australia to contribute to the development of the Third Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 (the National Plan).
May 2016
Too many families experience deep and persistent disadvantage and marginalisation. In human and economic terms, the cost is enormous.
The 2 July 2016 Federal election is a critically important opportunity for Australia’s political leaders to signal their support for families experiencing the greatest disadvantage.
Of many issu…
Apr 2016
Families Australia welcomes the Royal Commission’s focus on child sexual abuse in Out-of-Home Care and the opportunity to respond to the Consultation Paper: Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Out-of-Home Care. Our submission is supportive of the proposed solutions to address the problems identified within the con…
Jun 2015
Families Australia’s standing in relation to the ACT Government’s review of its human rights framework is grounded in its work to design, promote and implement the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020 (the ‘National Framework’)—Australia’s first-ever national policy aimed at making a sus…
Jun 2015
Children, regardless of age, are always affected if they live in an environment of anger, violence and fear. Family and domestic violence often results in break-up of the family unit and separation of children from other family members, their friends and familiar surroundings.