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Conferences - 11/09/2008
Links - 04/09/2008
Presentations 26/05/2008

19 September 2008 - NAPCAN Child Friendly Awards: Nominations are now open for the 2008 Child Friendly Community Awards. Consider nominating a Victorian community you might be part of, or one that you know of, who you feel is deserving of a child friendly community award. Winning communities will be acknowledged as part of Children's Week 2008. Information and an application form about the 2008 Child Friendly Community Challenge can be printed from the following link: NAPCAN. The Child Friendly Awards nominations will need to be in as soon as possible as the closing date for the awards is Friday 26th September 2008 and winners will be announced in National Children's Week in October.
11 September 2008 - Think Child, think family, think community: Building the capacity of adult services to respond to the needs of vulnerable children. This seminar, presented by Dorothy Scott, is part of the AIFS Seminar Series and National Child Protection Week. You can access further information at: http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/seminars/seminars.html
10 September 2008 - Fact Sheet: Child protection in Australia. This fact sheet has been prepared by the Clearinghouse for National Child Protection Week.
8 September 2008 - New publication has just been released from the Clearinghouse. It is available either online or in print. Issues Paper No. 29 - Improving outcomes for children living in families with parental substance misuse: What do we know and what should we do.
4 September 2008 - Child Pornography Law - NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service Briefing Paper No 9/08 by Gareth Griffith and Kathryn Simon. The focus of this paper is specifically defined to relate to child pornography law. The relevant statutory provisions are set out, with reference to NSW and other Australian jurisdictions, and their operation and application analysed by reference to the available statistical data and case law.
2 September 2008 - 2008 National Child Protection Week. Children See Children Do. Make your influence positive. NAPCAN Child Protection Week runs from September 7th-13th. Check the website to see what events are being held in your area.
2 September 2008 - White Balloon Day. Buy a White Balloon on September 9th and help break the silence on child sexual assault.
19 August 2008 - The Australian Institute of Family Studies has pleasure in inviting you and your colleagues to attend a seminar on 11 September - Think Child, Think Family, Think Community: Building the Capacity of Adult Services to Respond to the Needs of Vulnerable Children by Professor Dorothy Scott Director, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia. Further information is available on the website of the Australian Institute of Family Studies. This is a special 2008 National Child Protection Week event.
13 August 2008 - NGO Service Provider's Library Membership - If you are a service provider in a field related to child abuse prevention, working for a not-for-profit, non-government organisation in Australia, then you are entitled to membership of the Institute's Library. For further information and application form see Library Membership Offer for NGO Service Providers in Australia.
8 August 2008 - The Sexualisation of Children: New Senate Report - The Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts has recently published a report on the sexualisation of children in the contemporary media environment, including radio and television, children's magazines, other print and advertising material and the Internet. The report makes a number of recommendations including suggestions to parents to assist them in managing the influences to which children are exposed through the media.
5 August 2008 - Research Report - Contact with the South Australian Child Protection System. This study has undertaken longitudinal statistical analysis of the Families SA Client Information System in order to explore the extent to which a cohort of children (born in 1991) have come into contact with the South Australian child protection system, the nature of the contact, outcomes and patterns. The report can be accessed from the Department for Families and Communities.
31 July 2008 - Family Matters no.79 is now available. The theme for this issue of Family Matters is Parenting with Care.
30 July 2008 - Community and Disability Services Ministers' Advisory Council (CDSMAC) National Approach for Child Protection Project: Report and fact sheet are available now. This project examined at a high-level the similarities and differences in child protection across Australian jurisdictions.
29 July 2008 - A new publication is available from the website of the NSW Commission for Children and Young People: Trends in Child Deaths in New South Wales 1996-2005. This new report by the NSW Child Death Review Team examines ten years of information about child deaths in NSW from 1996 to 2005.
25 July 2008 - Presentations from the 10th AIFS Conference held in July 2008 - Families Through Life are now available on the AIFS website.
22 July 2008 - SNAICC's response to the National Child Protection Framework public consultation is now available. Download SNAICC's response to Australia's Children: safe and well - A national framework for protecting Australia's children (PDF 648K).
22 July 2008 - National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day - 4 August 2008. Launched in 1988 by the Secretariat of National Aboriginal Islander and Childcare, National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day is celebrated annually on 4 August. Each year, SNAICC has a theme for the Children's Day to highlight a signficant issue, concern or hope for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. This year's theme is 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families - Nurturing Our Children to Flourish'. See Secretariat of National Aboriginal Islander and Childcare for more information about the day.
15 July 2008 - National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and Children - extension of time for public responses. In order to receive input from as many community members and key stakeholders as possible, the National Council has extended the deadline for submissions to 5pm Eastern Standard Time on 31 July 2008.
15 July 2008 - The Commissioner for Children Tasmania has publicly commented on the Discussion Paper - "Australia's Children: Safe and Well": A National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children: Discussion Paper for Consultation May 2008. The submission can be accessed from the website of the Commission.
4 July 2008 - The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) recently held its 22nd meeting in Sydney, attended by the Prime Minister, Premiers, Chief Ministers and the President of the Australian Local Government Association, and Commonwealth, State and Territory Treasurers. COAG requested advice from the Community and Disability Services Ministers' Conference on how to improve sharing of information about families and children at risk between governments at the local level and between governments and non-government organisations. COAG noted the work underway on a National Child Protection Framework to improve child protection outcomes and agreed that it would be considered at the December 2008 COAG meeting. In addition, COAG agreed that governments would continue to work together to enhance coordination at the local level to improve prevention and early intervention for families and children at risk. COAG welcomed the role of the National Child Protection Clearinghouse in disseminating best practice nationally. More information about the meeting is available on the COAG website.
3 July 2008 - Foster Care Week is an annual event co-ordinated by the Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies, and will run from 14-20 September 2008. The primary aim of Foster Care Week is to raise the profile of fostering in the wider community by promoting the work done by existing substitute care services. More information is available by accessing the ACWA site.
2 July 2008 - Northern Territory Emergency Response Taskforce: The Taskforce's Final Report to Government is now available online.
1 July 2008 - Children See, Children Do: You are invited to be part of a national social change campaign - to break the cycle of child abuse and neglect. Register now to be part of the NAPCAN Child Protection Week, September 7th-13th.
30 June 2008 - New publications have just been released from the Clearinghouse. They are available either online or in print.
Issues Paper No. 28 - Developing a road map for research: Identifying the priorities for a national child protection research agenda and
Child Abuse Prevention Newsletter V. 16 No. 1
28 June 2008 - Crimes Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Child Protection from Predatory Tourism Offences) Bill 2008: legislation.
27 June 2008 - Rural issues and child abuse: is a new bibliography produced by the Clearinghouse. It covers Australian literature published during the past 5 years: Rural issues and child abuse.
24 June 2008 - Bibliographies: All of the bibliographies on the Clearinghouse website have been updated.
16 June 2008 - In 2006 and 2007, a two-stage survey was undertaken to examine the barriers and facilitators of research use by policy makers, practitioners and other professionals in the Australian child and family welfare sector. The research utilisation project: Research use in the Australian child and family welfare sector by Prue Holzer, Kerry Lewig, Leah Bromfield, and Fiona Arney is now available online.
2 June 2008 - The Queensland Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian has recently released two reports of interest: Views of Children and Young People in Care and Views of Young People in Residential Care. You can access them from the website of the Commission.