Communities,Children and Families Australia - A new journal developed by the Australian College for Child and Family Protection Practitioners was launched in Canberra on the 31st July, 2006 by Professor Dorothy Scott from the Australian Centre for Child Protection. The journal is called Communities, Children and Families Australia and will have two editions per year.

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“The main purpose of the journal is to encourage thinking and reflection beyond current models of child protection policy and practice.”, explained editor, Gail Winkworth (Senior Research Fellow from Australian Catholic University, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Canberra).

The first edition of the journal includes articles on children and young people’s participation in research, reflecting an explicit intention of the journal to keep children’s experiences at the forefront.