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Join the movement for a better future for all our children. Sign up as an Act for Children Ally and help make children’s rights and wellbeing a national priority.

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I call on the Australian Government to Act for Children by:

  • Appointing a Cabinet Minister for Children


  • Making child wellbeing a standing priority of National Cabinet


  • Developing and implementing a National Plan for Child Wellbeing


  • Enshrining children’s rights in law through a National Children’s Act

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The Act for Children Alliance

Act for Children Alliance
Save the Children - 54 Reasons
ACU Institute of Child Protection Studies
VicHealth
MCRI
The Y
NAPCAN
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Valuing Children Initiative
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Child Rights Queensland
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Organisational Allies

54 reasons 
Academy of Child and Adolescent Health
Accountable Futures Collective
AEIOU FOundation
Alannah & Madeline Foundation
All Means All - The Australian Alliance for Inclusive Education
Ambassador for Children's Rights Queensland 
A-One Parenting
ARACY - Every Child Thriving
Attuned Relationships
Australasian Society for Developmental Paediatrics
Australian Barnardos Recruitment Agency 
Australian Centre for Child Protection
Australian College of Nursing
Australian Sickle Cell Advocacy Inc 
Bay Island Early Learning and Care
Be Hers
Be Perfict for mental Helth
Becoming Me Play Therapy
Big Bear’s Treehouse 
Blue Diamond Machinery
Blue Light Victoria
Boyes Consulting
Camp Quality
Charles Sturt University
Child Play Therapy 
Children's Healthcare Australasia
Children's Hospital Queensland
Children's Week Council of Australia
ChildSafe Australia 
City of Melbourne
CJ Legal 
Colman Education Foundation: Our Place
Connect Child and Family Services
Connect.Ed
Department of Education
Department of Education - Queensland
Duty to Care
Each Eastern Access Community Health
ECIA Vic/Tas
Ed partnership international 
Ed partnerships internation
Educacion Diversa
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo Foundation
Famileis Australia
Families ACT
Genetic Support Network of Victoria
Goodstart Early Learning
Gretchen Young
Guides Victoria
Hand Heart Pocket
Healing Together
i can jump puddles and Ripples of Change Limited
International centre for children and family law 
iyarn pty ltd
Justice Reform Initiative
Karen Marshall Psychologist
Kids Cancer Alliance
Kids First Australia
Kids with Cancer Foundation
KK Creative Content - What We Teach Our Children
Knowmore Legal Service
La Trobe University
Little Bloom Consultancy 
Little Life Warriors

Macquarie University 
Mary's House Services
Maternal Child and Family Health Nurses Australia 
Millennium Kids Inc
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Ngukuthati Children and Family Centre 
No Place for Poverty
Parents of Deaf Children 
Parkerville Children and Youth Care
PIRI
Play and Filial Therapy 
Play Matters Australia
Play Matters Collective. WA 
Play Plus Therapy
Playroom Therapy
Prior Learning
Project 18
PROJECT ROCKIT
Relationships Australia NSW
Ripples Allied Health Consultancy
RMIT university
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Royal Far West
Safeguarding You
Scott and Ryland Architects
Scott and Ryland Architects
Sexual Assault Support Services
SHINE for Kids
Shine Play Therapy
Sora Community Services (Formally TFSS)
Special Teaching and Research (STaR) Ltd
Starlight Children's Foundation
Sydney University 
TAFE Qld
Talarico Consulting
TEAICCA / Close Don Dale Now 
The Australian Neurodivergent Parents Association
The Filial Space
The Playful Life
The Quiet Resolve Ecosystem 
The Table Talk Project
The University of Queensland
Threads of Therapy
Uniting Airlie Preschool
UnitingCare
University of Newcastle
University of Queensland/ Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
University of Sydney
University of Western Australia
UNSW Sydney 
Victoria University/Western Health
WACOSS
Watermark
We Speak Kid
Western Australian Council for Social Service (WACOSS)
Whitlam Institute
Wonderschool Woden 
YIC
Youth Law Australia
youthforhumanrights.org
Zero Boundaries

Individual Allies

  • Prof. Judith Bessant

  • Lucy Westerman

  • Emily Chapple

  • Paulina Davies

  • Rosie Thomas

  • Cloe Sophia

  • Sarah Murray

  • Prof. Jenna Gillett-Swan

  • Candice Curtis

  • Brooke Birt

  • Kelly Timperley

  • Catherine Robinson

  • Jack Davenport

  • Clare Lombardi

  • Natalie Hunter

  • Clare Jobson

  • Annette Michaux

  • Dr Catherine Esposito

  • Melanie Stewart  

  • Robyn Miller

  • Jaydee Fairbass

  • Melanie Jane

  • Lisa Jovaisa

  • Toba Ahmad yar 

  • Leane Maddren

  • Adam Wood

  • Simone Boag

  • Kim Kleidon

  • Natalie Munro

  • Nicole Fabian

  • Natalie Clemens 

  • Cindy Pullar 

  • Julia Davenport

  • Rosa Flaherty

  • Neil Milton

  • Thrissha Canaveral 

  • Suzanne Robertson

  • Renee Huntley

  • Akram Eshaghi

  • Prof. Kristin Laurens

  • Simone Redman-Jones

  • Prof. John Tobin

  • Lara Maia-Pike

  • Belinda Raposo

  • Assoc Prof. Divna Haslam

  • Sachie Yasuda

  • Assoc Prof. Grace Atkinson

  • Julie Hourigan

  • Karina-Michelle Yeend

  • Samantha Donovan

  • Pedic Ghada

  • Annabelle Codrington 

  • Tasha Ritchie

  • Emeritus Prof. Kim Oates

  • Prof. Hasantha Gunasekera

  • Matilda Salkeld

  • Hon. Research Fellow Jill Jeremy

  • Rubie Loneragan

  • Trudy Cairns

  • Ashfaque Quadir

  • Sarray Balazs

  • Jacqueline Small

  • Trina Hinkley

  • Brittany McGill

  • Suzie Gardner

  • Sue Woolfenden 

  • Susan Prior

  • Emma Gierschick OAM

  • Carissa Cosenza

  • Monica Ferrie

  • Mindy Sotiri

  • Elissa Scott

  • Dr Neil Archer

  • Sophie Russell

  • Amy Timoshanko 

  • Meghan Weekes

  • Monica Ferrie

  • Mindy Sotiri

  • Julia Handley

  • Fiona Bishop

  • libera Milic

  • Carmen Gomez

  • Loan Pham

  • Dawyte Hart-O'Neill 

  • Amie Fabry

  • Konan Masuda

  • Kelly Bloomfield

  • Georgia Cannizzo

  • Barbara Wellesley

  • Petrae McLean

  • lockie Cooke

  • Jodie Robb

  • Kerra-Lee Wescombe

  • Melissa North

  • Sarah Scott

  • Georgia Rankin

  • Luke Hegerty

  • Helen Christensen

  • Salaipa Cin

  • Prof. John Toumbourou

  • Katrina Krogh

  • Emily Freeman 

  • Louise Wightman

  • Kristen Lester

  • Assoc. Prof Wendy Foote

  • Marcelle Saratsis 

  • Cheryl Marriott

  • Sally Moore

  • Andrew Mellas

  • Lauren Kelada

  • Julie Walker

  • Inga Lie

  • Natalie Shillitto

  • Willanna Morris

  • Leesa Hooker

  • Kate Liley

  • Maree Rabach

  • Jasneek Chawla

  • Craig Munns

  • Kylie Johnson

  • Jackie Vogel

  • Alex Hughes

  • Louise Dineen

  • Eloise Daintree

  • Catherine Williams

  • Sarah Langston

  • Sue Cliffe

  • A/Prof Bernadette Saunders

  • Anjana Prabu

  • Prof. Simon Smith

  • Deborah Morris

  • Marie Stuart

  • Shanti Raman 

  • Rheannwynn Sneesby

  • Derek McCormack

  • Claudia Bull

  • Sarah Waters

  • Katelyn Adey

  • Danica See

  • Dr Kate Renshaw 

  • Kahlee Dix

  • Natalie Brook

  • Alysha Puglia

  • Natasha Naumovski

  • Karen Lizasoain

  • Prof. John Ziegler 

  • Kim Prince

  • Amanda Sillars

  • Penny Daly

  • Terry Georgeson

  • Joshuah Yeend

  • Marie Stuart

  • Andree Wade

  • Annie Cardillo

  • Roslyn Dundas

  • Carolyn Hynes

  • Agnes Nsofwa

  • Yvette Vignando

  • Karen Marshall

  • Fiona Robards

  • Ashlie Bayo

  • Alison Colville

  • Laura  Rosenberg

  • Fiona Melita

  • Rachel Reynolds 

  • Sarah Stevens 

  • Leisa Martin

  • Natalie Scira

  • Fiona Howell

  • Karen Fuentes

  • Kristen Whittingham

  • Fiona Hartley

  • Felicity Ives

  • Joanna Hatcher

  • Lauren Langley

  • Lindsay Smith

  • Karen Lombardi 

  • Samantha Donovan

  • Molly Peterson

  • Karen Lombardi

  • Samantha Lambert

  • Jacqueline Emery

  • Chris Twomey

  • Mercy Thomas

  • Denise Scappaticci

  • Rhonda Mundy

  • Chantelle Jeffery

  • Shaina Rother

  • Kim Smith

  • Allison Stewart 

  • Natalie Ross

  • Rhonda Mundy

  • Danielle Vagnoni

  • Benjamin Toms

  • Erin Edwards

  • Molly Atherton

  • Robbie Boyes

  • Noor Eldeen Helmy

  • Meisha Taumoefolau 

  • Kim Brooklyn

  • Chris Twomey

  • Jamie Crosby

  • Carmel Shaw

  • Nicole Talarico

  • Robbie Boyes

  • Lauren Cannell

  • Sarah Nelson

  • Emma Chow

  • Rebecca Liackman

  • Christine Straubinger

  • George Georgievski 

  • Damian Ragusa

  • Vanessa McElhinney 

  • Janine Mahoney
     

Act Now for Children

Ask the candidates in your electorate where they stand on child rights and wellbeing. Will they commit to real leadership for children?

We've made it easy—use our example questions and messages to contact them directly and demand action. Your voice can help put children on the national agenda.

The Act for Children campaign acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their ​enduring connection to the lands, waters, and skies. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In solidarity, AFC supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the need for truth-telling about the history and impact of colonisation. We treasure the rich and diverse cultures and customs of First Nations people – valued knowledge holders, leaders and partners in creating the conditions for all our children to thrive. 

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