Is Australia The Lucky Country For All?

PeakCare Queensland Incorporated is a statewide child protection peak body that provides support, advice and advocacy to government and service providers in order to ensure high standards of service delivery, training and practice development alongside community education and awareness to achieve the best possible child protection and family wellbeing outcomes for Queensland’s children and families.

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As part of the 20th Anti-Poverty Week , the Is Australia the Lucky Country For All panel discussion looks at halving child poverty by 2030

Qld Parliament

1 in 6 Australian children aged 10 to 14 years, that’s 774,00 children, lived in poverty in 2017-18. The percentage of children living in poverty is higher than the percentage of any other age group, including those aged 65 years and over. For these children, Australia is far from being a lucky country.During this Anti-Poverty Week, we are calling on all our Parliamentarians to commit to halving child poverty by 2030. This year is the 20th anniversary of Australia’s Anti-Poverty Week. Join us in acknowledging this milestone by attending our panel discussion, ‘Is Australia the lucky country for all?”.O﻿UR PANELISTS:Commissioner Natalie LewisA Gamilaraay woman and Queensland Family and Child Commissioner. Natalie is fiercely committed to progressing a transformational reform agenda to ensure that children’s rights and entitlements are upheld in Queensland and nationally. Can freedom from poverty be regarded as one of these rights?Dr Sharon Bessell Sharon Bessell is a Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University and director of the Children’s Policy Centre, and of the Poverty and Inequality Research Centre. She is recognised internationally as a leader in rights-based, child-centred research methodologies, and is currently leading research on the development of a child-centred framework for assessing multidimensional child poverty.Cath Bartolo AMFor around two decades, Cath Bartolo AM has been the Chief Executive Officer of Youth and Family Services, a not-for-profit community organisation based in Logan delivering a range of services including housing, domestic and family violence support, children, youth and family services, and legal and financial counselling. There are few who so closely understand the impact of poverty on children, young people and their families.OUR PANEL FACILITATOR:Paul Barclay A Walkley Award winner, Paul Barclay is a regular host and presenter on ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas, a program he has hosted since at least 2003. We are delighted that Paul will be facilitating the panel and look forward to hearing the discussion broadcast on Radio National.T﻿HANK YOUCo-Chairs of the Queensland Anti-Poverty Week Committee (NAPCAN’s Helen Fogarty and PeakCare’s Lindsay Wegener) and all members of the Committee sincerely thank:Our venue host: The Hon. <a href="https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Members/Current-Members/Member-List/Member-Details?id=1187348753&amp;mc_cid=30ab9f2319" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jonty Bush</a>, Member for Cooper, Qld ParliamentOur event sponsor: <a href="https://www.hesta.com.au/members/your-superannuation/why-join-hesta" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HESTA </a>

P﻿hoto, video and audio capture including recording and broadcast will occur at this event. Please advise if you do not wish your photo to be taken and avoid making comment during the proceedings of the event if you do not wish to be recorded and broadcast. P﻿hoto ID required for entry.Political slogans on clothing must be covered when in public areas of Queensland Parliament.D﻿onations are Tax DeductibleP﻿eakCare, phone 0﻿7 3368 1050, email mjeffery@peakcare.org.au A﻿BN 46 517 600 22

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