It has been a challenging few weeks as severe flooding in Australia’s east has devastated communities and taken lives. I am always struck how, in times of crisis, the human capacity for empathy and the impulse to connect come to […]

With all the mechanics of reduced restrictions, relaxed quarantining measures, and open borders – it is a welcome time for me to be able to release the program for the upcoming FRSA Conference being held in Adelaide, 16-19 May 2022. […]

And just like that….it is February already! January is a particularly busy time for the Family and Relationship Services sector.  Dealing with an increased demand for services whilst managing staff leave over the holiday period, further exacerbated by COVID-19 and […]

I have been reading with interest AIFS’ recent ‘Families in Australia Survey’ report – focusing on ‘Relationships within the family’. Unsurprisingly and pretty resoundingly – the Report highlights the importance of families and relationships and the important role they play […]

We are pleased to release work FRSA undertook over the last year, which looked at trends in service demand over the first six months of the pandemic in 2020, for family and relationship services (more on this below). Demand for […]

Getting closer to the end of the year generally means a winding down/winding out of projects and activities but once again this year, it is feeling like we don’t get to that point anymore. Perhaps it is social media and […]

It’s Children’s Week – a week set aside annually to celebrate the right of children to enjoy childhood. In many ways, it seems such a simple thing – ‘enjoyment’, the state of feeling pleasure and satisfaction. Children’s enjoyment can be irrepressible and […]

From a Governance perspective, this is the time of year that FRSA’s Board nomination and election process takes place.  I can advise that the FRSA Board Director nominations process has closed delivering an uncontested result with all four incumbent FRSA […]

It certainly feels like the weight of lockdown in many states and territories is starting to lift.  With that comes a feeling of welcome relief in many respects of life but ongoing uncertainty in others.  News emerging out of Canberra […]

I am sure that like me, readers have observed the increases and spikes in family and domestic violence over the life of the pandemic with a mixture of despair and frustration. How and when will things change for the better? […]