July 2005

Conference focus on child safety

The registration brochure for the 2005 National Protective Behaviours Conference in October is now available.

The Keeping Kids Safe: A Blueprint for the Future conference will be held at the Carlton Crest Hotel, Melbourne, on October 13 and 14.

It will bring together papers and interactive workshops exploring research and innovative initiatives promoting resilience and capacity building, safe schools and communities, violence prevention and the protection of children and young people.

Keynote speakers will be Professor of Child Care and Protection at the University of Dundee Brigid Daniel, Victoria’s Child Safety Commissioner Bernie Geary, Victorian Controlled Aboriginal Health Organisation (VACCHO) Chief Executive Officer Muriel Bamblett and lawyer, writer and human rights advocate Moira Rayner.

• For more information or a copy of the registration brochure contact MP Events, Suite 21, 200 Alexandra Parade, Fitzroy, 3065, telephone 9418 3930, fax 9418 3985, email michelle@mpevents.com.au or visit www.mpevents.com.au.