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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. -
Bringing it all together: 16 Days of Activism
10 Dec 2025
As our 16 Days of Activism campaign ends, our call to address the impacts of domestic and family violence on young people continues. -
Tasmania State Budget Priority Statement 2026-27
09 Dec 2025
The Centre’s Tasmanian Budget Priority Statement 2026-27 reflects twelve months of engagement with organisations working with Tasmania’s children and families. -
Exploring Barnahus: A multidisciplinary approach to supporting young victims
08 Dec 2025
As part of our 16 Days of Activism campaign, Dr James Herbert shares insights on one of several models that puts young victim-survivors at the heart of service delivery. -
The lifetime health impacts of family violence on young people
04 Dec 2025
Evidence tells us that exposure to domestic and family violence in childhood is associated with significant lifelong health challenges, increased health service use, and major productivity costs. -
Pathways to adolescent use of harmful behaviours towards family members and intimate partners
04 Dec 2025
We're looking for participants to take part in this collaborative research project. -
Open letter to Premier: youth justice legislation
04 Dec 2025
The Centre has joined over 100 community service, legal and youth advocacy groups in an open letter to the Premier expressing our deep concern and strong opposition to the Victorian Government’s proposed youth justice changes, which would allow children aged 14 and over who commit violent offences to receive adult sentences in adult courts. -
Understanding Out-of-home care: A guide for professionals
02 Dec 2025
This booklet was developed by the Children in Care Collective, explaining the key elements of the different OOHC systems across Australia for healthcare providers.