This document outlines the position of CAFFSA on the Children and Young People (Safety and Support) Bill 2024 (‘the Bill’). CAFFSA held consultation with members to inform this submission, including a sector consultation via CAFFSA’s Policy and Advocacy Committee, a collaborative meeting with a range of partners via SACOSS and input to our response by our Lived Experience Consultant. CAFFSA also acknowledges support for the submissions of our member agencies, SACOSS, Wakwakura Kanyini, and the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement.

Child and Family Focus SA acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, the Kaurna and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty has never been ceded and this was and always will be Aboriginal land.

We appreciate and celebrate diversity in all its forms. We believe diversity of all kinds makes our teams, services, organisations and communities stronger and more effective.