Coalition Membership

The Coalition is a non-legally incorporated entity. It has an eight member Steering Group which comprises (alphabetically): Brian Babington (Families Australia); Maree Faulkner (NAPCAN); Frank Hytten (Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care); Andrew McCallum (Association of Children's Welfare Agencies); Simon Schrapel (Child and Family Welfare Association of Australia); and Professor Dorothy Scott (Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia).

As at February 2010, the Coalition membership stands at around 100 organisations and academics, as set out below.

Please contact the secretariat at Families Australia on 02 6273 4885 or brian.babington@familiesaustralia.org.au to enquire about joining the Coalition.

 

Coalition of Organisations Committed to the Safety and Wellbeing of Australia’s Children
(alphabetical listing as at 6 April 2010)
  • Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat (NSW)
  • Aboriginal Family Support Services Inc
  • ACT for Kids
  • Adults Surviving Child Abuse
  • Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
  • Anglicare Australia
  • Anglicare (SA)
  • Anglicare (WA)
  • Anglicare Tasmania and Child and Family Welfare Association Tasmania
  • Australian Association for Infant Mental Health
  • Australian Association of Social Workers
  • Australian Catholic University, Institute of Child Protection Studies
  • Australian College of Neonatal Nurses
  • Australian Community Children’s Services
  • Australian Council for Children and Youth Organisations 
  • Australian Council on Social Services
  • Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
  • Australia Foster Care Association
  • Australian Medical Association
  • Australian Network of General Practice
  • Australian Nursing Federation
  • Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
  • Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (NSW)
  • Barnardos
  • Benevolent Society
  • Berry Street (Vic)
  • Brain Injury Australia 
  • Bravehearts
  • Brotherhood St Laurence
  • Cape York/Gulf Remote Area Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Care Advisory Association Inc
  • Carers Australia
  • Catholic Social Services
  • Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (Vic)
  • Child Adolescent and Family Welfare Association of Australia
  • Child and Family Welfare (SA)
  • Children with Disability Australia
  • Children's Protection Society
  • Childwise
  • CREATE Foundation
  • Crisis Support Service/MensLine Australia
  • Early Childhood Australia
  • Families Australia
  • Family Life
  • Family Relationship Services Australia
  • Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia
  • Good Beginnings Australia
  • Gowrie Australia
  • Grandparents Australia
  • Griffith Institute for Social and Behavioural Research, Professor Ross Homel, PhD, FASSA, AO, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Heartfelt House
  • International Social Service Australia
  • Life Without Barriers
  • MacKillop Family Services
  • Marymead Child & Family Centre 
  • Merivale  (Qld)
  • Mission Australia
  • National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
  • National Association of Community Legal Centres
  • National Disability Services
  • NAPCAN
  • Newcastle University Family Action Centre
  • National Children's and Youth Law Centre
  • National Investment for the Early Years (NiFTeY)
  • NSW Family Services
  • Parenting Research Centre
  • Peakcare (Qld)
  • Playgroup Australia Inc
  • Public Health Association of Australia
  • Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak Limited – QATSICPP
  • Relationships Australia National
  • Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • Royal College of Nursing, Australia
  • The Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
  • The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
  • Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
  • St Vincent de Paul Society
  • Smart Population
  • The Mirabel Foundation
  • The Smith Family
  • UnitingCare Burnside
  • UnitingCare National
  • University of Melbourne, Alfred Felton Chair in Child and Family Welfare
  • University of South Australia, Australian Centre for Child Protection
  • University of Western Australia
  • Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency
  • Victorian Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
  • Wanslea Family Services
  • Yorganop Association
  • Youth Affairs Council of South Australia
  • Youth Off The Streets
  • YMCA Australia