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AIFS Conference 2026 - Early bird registrations now open for @aifs_gov_au 9-11 September 2026 conference at Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. This year’s theme - Changing Families in changing times. Early bird price available till 30 June aifs.gov.au/conference
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Join @CFECFW Early Start, Bright Future team & hear @HigginsDaryl & Sian Burgess/Australian Centre for Child Protection & others, 18 May. Explore benefits of quality early childhood education for children, particularly those facing disadvantage. Register events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
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Boys, social media bans and the problem we're not solving. Many young people lack the skills needed to critically evaluate the ideologies being sold to them online. In depth interview w/ Prof Laura Scholes in ACU's Impact magazine impact.acu.edu.au/community/…
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In latest ACMS paper, researchers find that child maltreatment contributes to a substantial proportion of burden of disease, equivalent to leading lifestyle-related risk factors such as high body mass index, high blood pressure & smoking @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication…
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Are you passionate about understanding what makes schools safer, more inclusive and more responsive to the needs of all students? If you are, then our PhD scholarship funded by @MacKillopFS could be a great fit for you. @timbomoore Read more acu.edu.au/research-and-ente…
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ACU_ICPS retweeted
Delighted to invite applicants for an exciting Industry Based PhD scholarship, with @MacKillopFS, to explore new ways of safeguarding in schools. Come join an amazing team and make a difference! @ACU_ICPS @mackillop_inst acu.edu.au/research-and-ente…
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ACU_ICPS retweeted
"The exploitation of children (online)
is not just an atrocity -
it is an industry,
generating billions of dollars in profits."
#SafeguardingWatch #ChildDignity
childlight.org/searchlight
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Report out from @AIHW - while it's good to see contact w/ the system has decreased, still worrying that substantiated cases of abuse have increased since 2020-21.
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No charges laid against youths in Tasmanian school who used AI for sexual harassment. @HigginsDaryl said "such incidents shouldn't be possible & calls for greater “guardrails and safeguards” to be applied to AI platforms" @ThinkUKnow
dailytelegraph.com.au/news/t… via @dailytelegraph
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ACU_ICPS retweeted
Be part of the global conversation on Intercultural Safeguarding.
📩 Register now: info@saferchurch.org
📅 16–19 June 2026
📍 Pontifical Gregorian University
#ISC2026 #Safeguarding
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Early wins for the social media ban, new survey claims. But the full picture is far more complicated by @susansawyer01
theconversation.com/early-wi… via @ConversationEDU
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Neurodiversity week webinar on demand by @aifs_gov_au: Promoting wellbeing in neurodivergent families. Explores how a whole-family approach can promote wellbeing for #neurodivergent parents and children, with Links to useful practice resources aifs.gov.au/resources/webina…
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Thanks ARACY for sharing info about upcoming webinar on how to talk about drugs. For professionals in education:
Blurred Minds: Easier solutions to complex problems: How to talk about drugs in 2026
Thu 26 March, 2026
Read more
blurredminds.com.au/webinar-…
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ACU_ICPS retweeted
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!📣 Join us at #ISC2026 and be part of a global conversation on safeguarding and supporting the most vulnerable.
✉️Register by emailing info@saferchurch.org
🗓️ 16–19 June 2026 | Rome
#ISC2025 #ISC2026 #Safeguarding
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Australia’s youth detention system punishes kids but fails to rehabilitate them independentaustralia.net/lif… via @IndependentAus
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ACU_ICPS retweeted
The crises are not just in early childhood education and care sector, but across schools, sports, religious, arts, and other youth development organisations. So we need scholarship like this to keep us focused and aligned to the evidence in our efforts.
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ACU_ICPS retweeted
Congrats Douglas Russell for leading this review of models for safeguarding & preventing child sexual abuse in organisations. Given the crises we've seen here in Australia in childcare, we need scholarship like this to keep us focused & aligned to the evidence in our efforts.
Conditions of Safety: A Systematic Review of Safeguarding Models and Concepts for Preventing Organizational Child Sexual Abuse - Douglas H Russell, Daryl J Higgins, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Laws that strip childcare funding from centres breaching standards to be introduced abc.net.au/news/2025-07-23/l… via @ABCaustralia
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