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.
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:
Nov 2014
This submission focuses on a number of key areas for consideration in relation to the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference. Key to our submission is the need for continued joint commitment by the Australian, State and Territory Governments with the community and academia to further implementation of the National Framework for Protect…
Oct 2014
Domestic violence is a major issue in Australian society covering a wide range of government policy areas and service systems, including health, mental health, housing, income support, child protection, education, and family support.
Aug 2014
Families Australia appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Interim Report of the Reference Group on Welfare Reform to the Minister for Social Services.
Nov 2013
Over the past decade, all Federal Governments have played a strong leadership role in efforts to tackle Australia’s current appalling rates of child abuse and neglect. In the mid-2000s, the Federal Government responded to Senate reports on child protection and children’s institutions (three reports were issued between 2004 a…
Nov 2013
We argue four propositions: first, a comprehensive nationally-consistent approach to child safe organisations should be fully implemented at the earliest possible time; second, such an approach should include a rigorous accountability and monitoring regime; third, adequate supports should be provided to organisations in developi…
Aug 2013
Assisting families and individuals who experience vulnerability to participate as fully as possible in building Australian economic productivity and family and community life is the central aim of Families Australia’s 2013 policy proposals.
The National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children would be strengthened furt…