We are excited this week to release early findings from our workforce project, Australia’s Family and Relationship Services Workforce – Now and into the Future. FRSA commissioned the Centre for International Economics (The CIE) to undertake this study to provide an authoritative […]

July is proving to be a very busy month for FRSA – and, no doubt, for many of our readers. This week my head is filled with a plethora of ideas and activities that range from AI and family law, […]

FRSA is proud to publish our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 1 July 2026 – 30 June 2028. This is our fourth strategy to embed reconciliation within our work and our third to be endorsed by Reconciliation Australia as part of […]

Today we bring to you our first eBulletin for the new financial year. It doesn’t have quite the same sense of possibility and hope that the new calendar year delivers, but there is certainly a sense of relief that loose […]

Earlier today, the Department of Social Services opened up consultation on key documents within the Relational Contracting model on the DSS Engage website. These include the Shell Agreement, Governance Framework and Decision Matrix and FRSA will be coming out shortly to our […]

Today I was privileged to be in attendance at Minister Tanya Plibersek’s first consultation roundtable to inform the Second Action Plan under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032.  This session brought together national peaks, national […]

On 18-21 May 2026, FRSA held its annual National Conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, on the lands of the Jagera and Turrbal peoples. It is always a pleasure to bring the sector together to share research, practice […]

The Budget highlights in the morning will be focused squarely on a few key issues covered off in the Budget handed down tonight. Housing, Tax Reform, Fuel and the War. There will be much debate as to whether the Prime […]

At the forefront of my mind this week is the prevalence of violence across our communities, particularly violence directed at women and at children. Wednesday this week (6 May) was National Domestic and Family Violence Remembrance Day – a day […]

Just before the Family Law Council meeting I was attending today got underway, a media release issued by National Commissioner for Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence, Micaela Cronin, arrived in my inbox raising her concerns that the economic and global uncertainty is […]