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AASW Historical Forced Adoption Practices Apology

Advocacy Apology Human Rights Forced Adoption Media Social Justice
18 June 2025The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) unreservedly apologises for the historical forced adoption practices that separated...
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AASW Concerned Over New NDIS Budget Structures and Inadequate Pricing Reforms

Advocacy Choice and Control Media NDIA NDIS NDIS Pricing Review Organisational Announcements
17 June 2025 - The AASW is deeply concerned about three significant developments within the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) that create...
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No fixed date for South Australian Social Workers Registration Scheme

Advocacy Media Organisational Announcements South Australia The Care Workforce
For Immediate Release 6 June Yesterday in the South Australian Parliament, the Hon. Katrine Hildyard MP introduced a Bill in the Lower House to...
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Survey Results Highlights

Advocacy Media Organisational Announcements Strategic Plan
Survey Results Highlights Following the member survey 2024, AASW developed its Strategic Plan 2024-2027, setting three strategic priorities:...
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Flaws in Australia’s skilled migration system – The Saturday Paper

Advocacy Media Skilled Migration The Care Workforce
November 2, By Wing Kuang and Sherry Huang AASW CEO Cindy Smith was quoted in this article on November 2: The government’s attempts to...
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Child safety officer vacancies in central Queensland number nearly two dozen, delaying response times

Advocacy Child Protection Child Safety Family Violence Media Queensland
Zahli Whitman always knew she wanted work with at-risk kids, and towards the end of her social work degree the 23-year-old worked for the Department...
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