A Decade of Change

The Goulburn Child and Family Services Alliance and the Goulburn Integrated Family Violence Partnership invite you to attend a major sector conference in May 2026, bringing together professionals from across child, family and family violence systems to reflect on a decade of reform — and to chart the path forward.

The two-day conference will provide a critical opportunity to reflect on how systems and practice reforms over the past ten years have impacted outcomes for children and young people, while also strengthening collaboration across services and sectors.

Key conference objectives include:

Reflecting on system and practice reforms and their impact on safety and wellbeing outcomes for children
Highlighting evidence, innovation and collaboration that have shaped child-focused responses to family violence
Issuing a call to action for continued reform at individual, local, statewide and national levels
Strengthening partnerships across family services, child protection, family violence, justice and education sectors

The conference is designed for professionals working with children, young people and families, including:

Child, youth and family services practitioners
Family Violence specialist services
Wellbeing professionals
Legal services
Maternal and Child Health and perinatal professionals
Early childhood, early years and school-based staff
Health, community and allied health practitioners
Program managers, leaders and policy professionals
Partnership, place-based and integrated service coordinators

By bringing together diverse perspectives and expertise, A Decade of Change aims to turn reflection into action — supporting a shared commitment to safer, more effective and child-focused systems.

The full program is on the Conference Website here and is packed full of great topics and respected national and sector leaders, including Conor Pall, Family Violence Advocate; Mataio (Matt) Brown, She is Not Your Rehab, community leader and advocate; Ashley Fell, social researcher, TEDx speaker and Director of Advisory at McCrindle; Marg Augerinos, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Non-Violence (CNV) ; Tracy Beaton, Principal Commissioner, Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP) and Michele Lonsdale, Interim CEO Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare; Cadhla O’Sullivan, More for Children; Antionette Gentile, Boorndawan William Aboriginal Healing Services; Clare Swetenham and Laura Earey, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.