Future Directions
In 2009-10, Families Australia will, in consultation with its members:
- promote the views of families and Families Australia member organisations on key and emerging family issues on the basis of meetings, surveys and forums;
- advance the implementation of the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children, 2009-2020;
- undertake the Families Australia National Oration in late 2010;
- advance the needs and interests of the Alliance for Forgotten Australians;
- increase the level of community participation in National Families Week in May 2010;
- develop and disseminate positions on a wide range of policy issues, such as family wellbeing, Indigenous families, work and family, protecting children, substance abuse, the Forgotten Australians, and grandparenting;
- provide strategic policy input to Government Ministers, the Australian Parliament and Government officials on family-related issues;
- run a national conference in October 2010 on the needs of grandparents and kinship carers; and
- enhance services to Families Australia's members.
In pursuing these directions, the Families Australia Board wishes to build further the reputation of the organisation as an independent national organisation which fosters a good national public policy environment in which family-related issues can effectively be advanced.
We are a strong advocate for the cultural diversity and the value of families, pro-active in support of justice and equity for Australian Aboriginal and Islander peoples, and endeavour not to duplicate what any of our members do.