Families Australia: submission to the Australian Government on the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

Nov 2012

Families Australia considers that the Royal Commission should:
Define ‘child abuse’ as broadly as possible. The prime focus should be on child sexual abuse, but should also take into account other forms of abuse perpetrated, and currently being perpetrated, against children, including psychological, emotional and physical ab…

Families Australia: submission to the Australian Government on the future directions of the Family Support Program (FSP)

Nov 2012

We welcome the review and hope that the coming year will be used for a thorough process of consultation, especially taking the program back to an examination of family needs first rather than being shaped around existing service models.

From Crisis Response to Prevention: Proposals to Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments for the second three-year action plan (2012-2015) under the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009

Feb 2012

Download the National Coalition’s proposals to Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments for the second three-year action plan (2012-2015) under the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009, From Crisis Response to Prevention.

Position Paper: A National Commissioner for Australia’s Children: The Role, Powers and Functions of the Office of the National Children’s Commissioner, Australia

Dec 2011

Download the National Coalition’s Position Paper, A National Commissioner for Australia’s Children: The Role, Powers and Functions of the Office of the National Children’s Commissioner, Australia.

Families Australia: submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010

Dec 2010

Families Australia welcomes the introduction of the Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010 and wishes to provide the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee with 24 general and specific recommendations in relation to it (please see Attachment A for a summary).

2010 Federal election proposals

Nov 2010

Families Australia strongly believes that there should be:

A substantial increase in resources devoted to the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020. We propose that an additional $120 million be provided over four years especially to support targeted family and child related services.
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