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:
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…