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Shifting conversations to action: Reimagining child protection in Australia
Every National Child Protection Week, Australians are asked to pause and reflect on what it truly means to keep children safe. Too often, the notion of ‘child protection’ is spoken about as if it begins and ends with statutory services. Keeping children safe is far broader than that, it is everyone’s business. It is shaped by the choices we make every day as families, communities, workplaces, services, and governments. It is about whether we value children not only as the promise of our future, but as full human beings whose safety, wellbeing, and voices matter right now in this very moment.
2025-09-11 08:00:14
by Fiona Alston
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Listening matters: Embedding the voice of the child in ECEC settings
Children’s perspectives often provide the clearest path to enhancing early services and outcomes. The Voice of the Child toolkit a robust, rights‑based framework developed by the Centre for Community Child Health and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, offers early childhood education and care (ECEC) teams practical, ethical guidance to meaningfully involve children under 12 in service planning, delivery, and evaluation.
2025-09-11 07:30:21
by Fiona Alston
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Empowering safeguarding in early childhood: ECA’s comprehensive resource suite
Safeguarding children is at the heart of the National Quality Framework (NQF) and is a key focus of National Quality Standard (NQS) Quality Area 2: Children’s health and safety, as well as Quality Area 7: Governance and leadership
2025-09-11 07:00:57
by Fiona Alston
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Bravehearts Day empowers families to talk personal safety with confidence
A new national survey, released ahead of Bravehearts Day (Friday, 12 September), shows that while most parents want to play an active role in protecting their children, many feel they need more guidance and support to have conversations about safety and wellbeing.
2025-09-11 07:00:04
by Fiona Alston
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Four leading organisations unite to deliver coordinated postvention services
This article discusses suicide and postvention support. Readers are encouraged to use their discretion, and to prioritise their wellbeing. If this content raises any concerns for you, please reach out to the support services listed at the end of the article.
2025-09-10 09:00:26
by Fiona Alston
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Supervision and team culture: Safeguarding trust through shared responsibility
2025-09-09 07:26:32
by Fiona Alston
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Early Childhood Education Minister Jess Walsh honours educators with message of recognition and reform
2025-09-03 08:17:59
by Fiona Alston
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Balancing child safety and practice: sector responds to device ban
2025-09-05 08:00:28
by Fiona Alston
