Media
A selection of recent media articles featuring Families Australia
Child Protection and Wellbeing
Harrowing film opens our eyes to child abuse, SMH 8 September 2010
Home alone: term break no holiday for children, SMH, 20 September 2009
Vulnerable are all our responsibility, says Governor-General, SMH, 17 October 2008
Bryce to address families conference, ABC News, 16 October 2008
Child abuse conference starts, The Age, 16 October 2008
Next NT Govt must tackle child protection: lobby group, ABC News Online, 23 July 2008
New national child protection scheme, World News Australia, 4 July 2008
Child protection to get national action, The Age, 3 July 2008
COAG: Everything you need to know, The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 2008
Child protection to get national action, The West Australian, 3 July 2008
Experts declare 'national crisis' of child neglect, The Canberra Times, 1 July 2008
Child Abuse, Senate debates, 26 June 2008
SA case exposes 'worrying' child neglect trend, ABC News, 25 June 2008
At last, an acknowledgment of child-abuse crisis, The Canberra Times, 27 May 2008
Federal input urged to tackle rise in abuse, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 May 2008
PM gets tough to protect children, The Australian, 26 April 2008
PM gets tough to protect children, Indigenous Community News Network, 27 April 2008
Alone and in limbo, The Australian, 7 February 2008
Welfare joins war on abuse, The Australian, 1 February 2008
Kids fleeing abuse 'doubled in last decade', The Australian, 23 January 2008
Grandparents and other Kinship Carers
Army of unpaid carers, Herald Sun, 14 December 2008
Toddler report highlights benefit of grandparents, Lateline, 30 September 2008
Forgotten Australians
Interview with a 'Forgotten Australian', SBS Podcasting, 2 April 2009
Welfare
Concern for pensioners who missed out, Nine News, 12 May 2009
Concern for pensioners who missed out, West Australian, 12 May 2009
Concern for pensioners who missed out, SMH, 12 May 2009
Calls to scrap welfare quarantining, The Age 29 September 2008
Tax cuts welcomed, Barrier Daily Truth, 1 July 2008
Families to benefit from July 1 changes, Sydney Morning Herald, 30 June 2008
Working families 'better off in new financial year', World News Australia, 30 June 2008
July 1 changes targeted at "working families", CCH News, 27 June 2008
Mums' tax breaks must be 'far-reaching', The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 April 2008
Govt Zeroing In On Cost-Cutting For Working Mums, Epoch Times, 26 April 2008
Mums' tax breaks must be 'far-reaching, nineMSN, 26 April 2008
Parenting
Parental leave scheme delay 'unnecessary', ABC News, 11 May 2009
Parental leave scheme gets thumbs up, ABC News 10 May 2009
Sandra Kanck calls for one child policy in Australia, AdelaideNow, 22 April 2009
Conservatives support family law reform, MCV, 1 September 2008
Almost 25% of families don't share meals, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 March 2008
Work and Family
National Families Week 2008: A time to treat all families equally, Interactive Web, 12 May 2008
Women 'still doing the lion's share of housework', Daily India, 12 May 2008
ABS reveals snapshot of work and family life, The West Australian, 12 May 2008
Mums still work harder than dads, The Australian, 12 May 2008
Cricket great makes a pitch for the importance of families, The Canberra Times, 11 May 2008
Sixth in the mother of all rankings, First Intranet, 6 May 2008
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