Urgent action on system reform to address veteran suicide risks needed Culture Advocates have expressed disappointment about the interim report produced by the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, arguing the recommendations fail to see the
Victorian government backs functional family therapy program August 10, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social At-risk families in Victoria will be offered an early intervention program thanks to $2 million funding from the state government for OzChild, each year for
More than a third of Australian families cannot afford childcare July 1, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social About 39% of Australian families cannot afford the childcare services they use, according to modelling from Victoria University. A new report from Victoria University’s Mitchell
Foster care campaign kicks off in Queensland May 24, 2021 By Melissa Coade News The demand to place Queensland children and young people in foster care has increased during COVID-19, prompting the government to share the experience of carers
When it comes to families, it’s about people, not problems November 19, 2019 By University of Tasmania Career Advice For a very long time, institutions in Western society have categorised certain families with words that are heavy with stigma, labelling them as ‘problem families’
A good plan, now for the execution: Australia’s ‘world-first’ cross-border child protection system November 19, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal A new information-sharing platform designed to aid cross-border collaboration between child-protection agencies is expected to be up and running by mid-2020, following a joint effort
Health department wins NZ’s top public service award September 13, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Health An initiative that improves the health of low-income families with housing has taken the top gong in New Zealand’s Spirit of Service Awards. Led by
Women aren't better multitaskers than men -- they're just doing more work August 15, 2019 By Leah Ruppanner Career Advice Multitasking has traditionally been perceived as a woman’s domain. A woman, particularly one with children, will routinely be juggling a job and running a household
NSW’s first Ageing and Disability Commissioner appointed July 1, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Health Robert Fitzgerald AM has been appointed NSW’s first Ageing and Disability Commissioner, tasked with protecting adults with disability and older people. Fitzgerald served on the
Protecting vulnerable children: what policy lessons can public health teach us? May 16, 2019 By Annette Michaux Culture Celebrating National Families Week gives us yet another good reason to talk about the more than 45,000 children who live in out-of-home-care in Australia today.
