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April 2004
Committee strengthens links with sector
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Ministerial Advisory Committee on Child and Family Support
(back) Cath Smith (Victorian Council of Social Services),
Paul Linossier (MacKillop Family Services), David Murray (Youth
Substance Abuse Service) Gill Callister (DHS Community Care
Division), Justice John Fogarty, Rob Ball (BIG hART Film Project),
(middle) Sandie de Wolf (Berry Street Victoria), Alan Hall
(DHS Community Care Division), Sue Medson (Goulburn Family
Care), Coleen Clare (Children’s Welfare Association of
Victoria), Marg Hamley (Berry Street Victoria), Sylvia Geddes
(R.E. Ross Trust), (front) Chair Muriel Cadd (Victorian Aboriginal
Child Care Agency), Minister Garbutt, Caitlin Telford (CREATE
Foundation) and Karen Batt (Community and Public Sector Union).
Absent—Ray Cleary (Anglicare Victoria), Bernie Geary
(Jesuit Social Services), Janice Hughes (Foster Care Association
of Victoria) and Marg D’Arcy (CASA House)
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Since the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Child and Family Support
first met in July last year, it has advised Minister for Community
Services Sherryl Garbutt on a range of issues.
The committee was formed to strengthen links between government
and the community sector—sending a clear message that sector
views and expertise were respected and essential to ensure Department
of Human Services’ policies and programs reflected the needs
of vulnerable children, young people and their families.
The Ministerial Advisory Committee on Child and Family Support
is chaired by Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) Chief
Executive Officer Muriel Cadd.
Its members have the necessary, diverse skills and experience to
give expert advice on significant reforms to the sector now under
way.
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