Following extended periods of uncertainty about the future of funding for services across the Family and Relationships Services sector, we received advice yesterday afternoon from the Attorney-General’s Department that the decision had been made by the Attorney-General to extend services […]
As this week comes to a close in Canberra we will see a significant shift in the people gracing our streets from hosting the Kanga Cup this week in the last week of school holidays to welcoming Senators and Members […]
And just like that we are in a new financial year! FRSA Executive Director, Jackie Brady, has sensibly marked the passing of 2024-25 with a week of respite from the bitter cold of a Canberra winter and will return to […]
Being the end of financial year, a number of members have been in touch querying indexation and supplementation payments for the DSS and AGD FRS sector programs. For AGD, supplementation for 2025/2026 is built into baseline program funding – as […]
This morning, I met with my co-members on the FRSA Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group, which includes FRSA Board Directors, Cheryl Orr (Chair), Graeme Westaway and Felicity Williams, and FRSA’s Manager of Policy and Research, Robyn Clough. At the end […]
The FRSA office is in the final throws of preparations for our National Conference being held in Sydney next week. We are very excited to have just under 600 people registered for Conference at the Sheraton Grand Hyde Park who will be […]
In this world of cyber threats, I want to bring to your attention a notification we sent out a little earlier this week about a company ‘masquerading’ as FRSA and offering the FRSA Conference delegate list, with contacts, for sale. […]
As I come to the end of my state and territory member visits I feel invigorated and inspired by all the wonderful members I have been meeting with over the last few weeks. Starting in Darwin on the 7th of March […]
The shared learning experience of network events was alive and well in Canberra, Ngunnawal country, last week! The Child Inclusive Practice (CIP) Forum was a great success and it was wonderful to be immersed in the professionalism and passion of people in […]
Earlier this week I had the privilege of meeting up with the young people who will be speaking on the Young People’s Panel on ‘What makes a difference when working with young people’ at the CIP Forum in Canberra. Their generosity of […]
