Welcome to the first eBulletin for 2025! I hope you all managed to relax and recharge over the festive season.
As an election year, 2025 is shaping up to be big and busy, with some uncertainty thrown into the mix. My team and I are feeling refreshed and ready to work with our members to tackle all that comes our way. To this end, I’ll be holding member forums in capital cities around the country in March to talk with members about their priorities for the year. Information about the forums and how to register will be on the FRSA website soon.
With our 2025 Child Inclusive Practice Forum just a few weeks away and promising a great line-up of speakers we are feeling very excited (and a little frantic) here at the FRSA Office. It’s not too late to register and attendance at the Forum does attract professional development points. You can find out more here.
I’m also pleased to note that the concurrent session program is now live for the annual FRSA National Conference, which will be held in Sydney in May. We received a record number of abstracts for this year’s conference and it’s exciting to see the amazing work that’s happening across the sector.
FRSA would love to be able to share more about what is happening at a local level for our members in this eBulletin. Please do get in touch with FRSA Communications Officer, Vanessa Lam, if you have any news you would like to share with the network. This could be about local events you’ve run, research you’ve undertaken, new and innovative programs, or awards you’ve won. Vanessa can be contacted via email – communications@frsa.org.au
As we enter into the long weekend, I’d like to acknowledge that 26 January is a day of hurt and reflection for so many, marking the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ dispossession. I take this opportunity to re-affirm FRSA’s commitment to reconciliation and our hope for justice for First Nations peoples.
