Coalition of Organisations Committed to the Safety and Wellbeing of Australia's Children
Forgotten Australians
Families Australia What's New
September - October 2010
- National Child Protection Week 2010
- 90 seconds with... (archive)
- 2010 election proposals
- AIFS Fact Sheet
- National Compact
- National Families Week 15-21 May 2010
- National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: release of consultation paper
- A picture of Australia's Children 2009 - AIHW report
- Framework for Protecting Australia's Children
- CEO's comment on the Child Protection Framework
- Churchill Fellowship Report "An examination of multi-jurisdictional child protection systems in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the USA".
- Latest National Family News
- Latest Families Australia Update
Campaigns we support
Siblings Australia National Action Plan
Families Australia
Families Australia is an independent, peak, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the needs and interests of families. Families Australia is not aligned to any political party or religious group.
Families Australia envisions a society that recognises the central role of families in our community and embraces its responsibilities for the development, nurturing and wellbeing of all families. more
We are a strong advocate for those in our community who are vulnerable, least advantaged or facing difficulty. more
90 seconds with Anne McLeish OAM, Director Grandparents Australia
Campaigns and advocacy
- Helping to devise and implement the National Framework for Protecting Australia's children more
- Assisting ‘Forgotten Australians’ who were in institutional care as children more
- Raising awareness about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family issues more
- Advocating for grandparents and kinship carers to receive greater support more
- Helping carers of children with severe disability more
- Advocating for carers of older people and people with disability more
- Highlighting the needs of families affected by substance abuse more
- Promoting better work and family balance more
- Supporting the campaign to prevent violence against women more
- Supporting universal paid parental leave more
- Celebrating families through National Families Week more
More campaigns
Latest statements
- Protecting children more
- How the Federal Government can further help families more
- Carers need greater assistance more
- Getting the right work-family balance more
More statements
Media coverage
Coalition of Organisations Committed to the Safety and Wellbeing of Australia's Children
Families Australia provides secretariat support for the Coalition of Organisations Committed to the Safety and Wellbeing of Australia's Children which has played a leading role in advocating for, and negotiating, the National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children 2009-2010, which was announced by the Council of Australian Governments in April 2009. Further information on the Coalition is available here.