Today’s media update leads with coverage of Rainbow Hair for Foster Care in National Child Protection Week. Other topics include broader powers for the Child Safety Commissioner, the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities, the As Eye See It Exhibition, and the settlement of a Federal Court claim by Community Connections
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Foster care in National Child Protection Week
- Foster carers, Ten The 7PM Project, 8 September 2011 (around 5 mins 40 secs)
- Drive with Tom Elliott, 3AW, 8 September 2011 (around halfway through)
- Gay families urged to foster children, The Age, 8 September 2011
Broader powers for the Child Safety Commissioner
- Help for abused children, Sunday Herald Sun, 11 September 2011
Charter figures in High Court ruling
- Looming review should consider rights charter benefits, The Sunday Age, 11 September 2011
As Eye See It exhibition opens
- Out of home but not out of sight, Victorian Government media release, 9 September 2011
CSO settles Federal Court claim
- Community Connections settles union claim on ‘mutually acceptable terms’, The Standard, 12 September 2011
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