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Every child deserves to be safe, heard and connected - to their family, their community and their culture. The Centre has six election priorities for parties and candidates.
See www.cfecfw.org.au/election2026
#VicVotes2026 The Centre’s submission to Australia’s Second Action Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children (2027-2032) says the safety and recovery of children is central to improving the gaps in support created by a decade of family violence reform.
Read our submission at loom.ly/M7s9WYc
A new offence of recruiting a child to commit a serious crime will be introduced into the Victorian state parliament today. The new legislation increases the penalty from 10 to 15 years in prison to a maximum penalty of life in jail.
Read the full story at loom.ly/vXYQt9E
Join the Centre for a webinar exploring how artificial intelligence can be used safely, ethically and effectively in child and family services.
From Ethics to Efficiency: The Role of AI in Child and Family Services
Friday 5 June 2026
3:00pm - 4:15pm
🔗Register via loom.ly/-xSMlxY Entries are officially closed for our National Families Week Art Competition! We would like to extend a massive thank you to all participants and their amazing work. 😊
🎨Take a look at all of the amazing submissions, and vote for your favourite: loom.ly/g72uh08
Last chance to join tomorrow's OPEN training!
OPEN’s training Practical Steps to Strengthen Evidence & Outcomes is back, with two rounds running in May (Limited places available) and June.
🔗 More info and registrations here: loom.ly/74CFM_Y
Funding to establish a streamlined national Children and Family Support program, ongoing support for the National Office for Child Safety response to child sexual exploitation, and long-overdue reforms in the child support system were in the 2026-27 Federal Budget.
See loom.ly/Gu6Vc6E
📣Have your say for children and families ahead of the Victorian state election!
Start the survey here: loom.ly/fy0rQVo
Responses to our survey are open until May 10.
#VictoriaVotes2026
📣Have your say for children and families ahead of the Victorian state election!
Start the survey here: loom.ly/fy0rQVo
Responses to our survey are open until May 10.
#VictoriaVotes2026
Last chance to join tomorrow's OPEN training!
OPEN’s training Practical Steps to Strengthen Evidence & Outcomes is back, with two rounds running in May (Limited places available) and June.
🔗 More info and registrations here: loom.ly/74CFM_Y
📣Have your say for children and families ahead of the Victorian state election!
Start the survey here: loom.ly/fy0rQVo
Responses to our survey are open until May 10.
#VictoriaVotes2026
In the latest #Perspectives, Dr Bengianni Halil‑Pizzirani says while we've seen a staggering rise in references to co-design, are more people actively shaping services and having a say in decisions affecting their lives?
Read: loom.ly/mKMsUXM
More sector perspectives: loom.ly/713UbKw The Centre is calling on governments to act urgently as the fuel crisis and rising cost of living threaten the safety, wellbeing and service access of Victoria’s most vulnerable children and families.
MEDIA RELEASE: loom.ly/rkBUQLM
#fuelcrisis #familyservices We are pleased to announce that the 2026 Family Services Symposium is officially SOLD OUT! It's going to be an insightful and enriching day. We can't wait to see you all there. ⭐
Missed out on tickets? Join the waitlist and be the first to know if a spot opens up: loom.ly/oD58-98
#FSS26 Crime by children is predictable when poverty, poor housing, domestic violence, disability, racial discrimination and poor school attendance are factored in, says former Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollands at a Senate committee hearing on youth justice systems.
loom.ly/qGA9XsA Are you interested in the Centre's Community Services #Mentoring Program?
👀 Watch the Info session recording at: loom.ly/x-HkjXA
📝Get your applications in before 8 May at: loom.ly/c7ngHTs
*Applications close 8 May. 📣Have your say for children and families ahead of the Victorian state election!
Start the survey here: loom.ly/fy0rQVo
Responses to our survey are open until May 10.
#VictoriaVotes2026
📣Have your say for children and families ahead of the Victorian state election!
Start the survey here: loom.ly/fy0rQVo
Responses to our survey are open until May 10.
#VictoriaVotes2026
SNAICC’s Sector Transformation Principles Framework is a practical roadmap designed to support organisations to transition OOHC services to Aboriginal community-controlled organisations and embed Aboriginal leadership at the centre of child and family service delivery. Read loom.ly/VDwkVhE The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare is pleased to announce the appointment of Jamie Crosby as its new CEO, commencing at the end of June.
Read more at: loom.ly/-AXBV3M The Centre’s OPEN Team launched a new online Spotlight page focusing on child-centred practice after fatal fmaily violence and the children’s picture book What Ally Needs Now yesterday.
Learn more at loom.ly/BEeKt9Y Victoria’s child and family services are sounding the alarm as the fuel crisis intensifies, driving a surge in financial hardship for families and placing frontline services under significant strain.
Read the Centre's statement here: loom.ly/YIKXEcw Members of the University of Melbourne’s Homicide at Home Research Group Dr Katitza Chavez and Ashton Kline were on ABC Breakfast this morning ahead of today's webinar - Child-centred practice after fatal family violence.
There's still time to join from 1pm.
Register at loom.ly/zEUuK1k
Victoria’s early childhood regulator has, for the first time, exercised new powers to immediately suspend an educator following allegations of excessive force at an outside school hours care (OSHC).
Read loom.ly/xndZm_Q "I can’t think of a time - in my lifetime at least - when standing up and speaking up against racism and discrimination, vilification and violence, has been more critically important," says the Centre's Interim CEO Dr Michele Lonsdale reflecting on #CulturalDiversityWeek.
loom.ly/y_Zy7sM
Federal legislation has passed through Parliament increasing the independence and powers of the National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People.
More at loom.ly/bbvwbeY
"I feel like all the normal things that you do when you're a teenager — that was stripped away from me," says Kesh who found himself homeless during year 12.
Read more at loom.ly/BdQ7Tro 
