In the News
A selection of recent articles featuring Families Australia
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
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
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
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
PM gets tough to protect children, Indigenous Community News Network, 27 April 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
PM gets tough to protect children, The Australian, 26 April 2008
Mums' tax breaks must be 'far-reaching, nineMSN, 26 April 2008
Almost 25% of families don't share meals, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 March 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
2007
Work quality and family wellbeing, Life Matters, 21 June 2007
Perspective, ABC Radio National, 21 June 2007
Call for a new agenda for family wellbeing, ANU, 20 June 2007
'Family wellbeing under spotlight at conference', 19 June 2007
'Kids fall behind in wealth stakes, 18 June 2007
'How Australian Families Spend their Time', 25 May 2007
Bunbury joins National Family Week celebrations, 14 May 2007
'Rural Families should be FITT too', 14 May 2007 National Families Week, May 2007
'Invest in Time for Family Fun', 10 May 2007
‘Addicts' children dumped on Gran’, 29 March 2007
Australian Parliament Hansard, Impact of illicit drug use on families, 28 March 2007
‘Grandparents care for kids of addicts’, 28 March 2007
‘More addicts leaving kids to grandparents', 28 March 2007
‘More addicts leaving kids to grandparents’, 28 March 2007
‘Families must be part of effort to combat illicit drugs’, 27 March 2007
The Carer Payment (Child) Review Taskforce, March 2007
‘Grandparent carers in need’, 13 February 2007
‘Report suggests grandparents exploited as childcarers’, 12 February 2007
‘Call to pay grandparents’, 11 February 2007
Community Net, 5 February 2007
‘A grand alternative to Mum and Dad’, 3 February 2007
‘Grandparent parents’, 2 February 2007
‘Babysitters demand payment’, 2 February 2007
Grandparents become parents again, Narooma, 1 February 2007
‘Grandparents become parents again’, Hepburn, 1 February 2007
‘Grandparents become parents again’, Warren, 1 February 2007
‘Grandparents become parents again’, Bendigo, 1 February 2007
‘Grandparents become parents again’, Canberra, 1 February 2007
2006
‘ACT health promotion’, 11 December 2006
White Ribbon Day 25 November 2006
‘Canberra’s challenge against violence’, 25 October 2006
‘A special day just for Fathers’, Bendigo News, 2 September 2006
‘Whither (family) wellbeing?’, September 2006
Australian Council for Children and Parenting, June 2006
‘Share the care’ Relationships Australia, 19 May 2006
‘Speaking up for families’, National Indigenous Times, 18 May 2006
‘What the world needs now is time’, 17 May 2006
‘Students paint up a storm for Families Week’, 11 May 2006
‘Work, Families & Wellbeing Forum’, 4 May 2006
‘Seven days to celebrate a family affair, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 April 2006
‘Australians need to invest now or pay later’, 6 February 2006