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Celebrating Switch to Social Work’s first graduating cohort
04 Feb 2026
The pilot program’s graduating class received their qualifications during a ceremony in December, reflecting on their achievements and learnings from the past two years. -
RoGS 2024-25: Child Protection Services – What it means for children and young people
04 Feb 2026
This brief summary comes from the Report on Government Services Part F, Section 16 that was released on 29 January 2026. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of child protection services across Australia. -
Celebrating LGBTQIA+ families at Midsumma Pride 2026
03 Feb 2026
The Centre proudly took part in the Midsumma Pride March 2026 to celebrate LGBTQIA+ children, young people and families and the importance of diverse representation. -
December January Research Review
03 Feb 2026
The Research Review delivers the latest research relevant to the child and family services sector directly to your inbox. -
Legislation to introduce “community parenting”
23 Jan 2026
The Supporting Stable and Strong Families scheme signals the government’s intention to hold departments accountable for service delivery across domains which affect children’s safety and wellbeing, including education, health, housing and justice. It shifts the focus from child protection’s immediate safety concerns for children to their longer-term wellbeing. -
Elevating lived experience in child and family systems
21 Jan 2026
A new editorial in Children Australia underscores the critical need to move beyond tokenistic engagement with children and young people towards genuine, everyday participation in shaping child and family services across Australia. -
The cost of impact: why it’s time to rethink overheads
13 Jan 2026
Overheads have long been treated as a necessary evil in social services: something to reduce, conceal, or apologise for. The myth runs deep that real value lies in the ratio that low administration equals high impact, and that every dollar not spent directly on “the work” is waste. -
The 2025 Road to Treaty
24 Dec 2025
Victoria’s Treaty Bill marks a historic step toward truth-telling, reconciliation and self-determination. The Centre celebrates and reflects on key moments from 2025's Road to Treaty and what this means for First Nations children, young people and families. -
Reflecting on one year of the Centre’s work in Tasmania
17 Dec 2025
The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare has marked one year as Tasmania’s peak body for organisations supporting children and families. -
Celebrating the commencement of Treaty in Victoria
12 Dec 2025
The journey to Treaty, truth and recognition for our First Peoples of Australia has been generations in the making. The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare joins its member organisations across Victoria in celebration of the historic formal commencement of Treaty in Victoria today. -
‘Family Matters’ report calls for culturally-informed approaches to child protection
12 Dec 2025
SNAICC’s 2025 Family Matters annual report calls on the Australian Government to prioritise culturally informed, early-intervention and familial support measures over current punitive intervention models. -
Keeping children safe and families stable
11 Dec 2025
The Centre strongly endorses the recently introduced legislation, Children, Youth and Families (Supporting Stable and Strong Families) Bill 2025, which establishes shared responsibility across government departments to support at-risk children and care leavers.