The National Strategy provides a nationally coordinated, strategic framework for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse. It seeks to reduce the risk, extent and impact of child sexual abuse and related harms in Australia and considers child sexual abuse in all settings, including within families, online and within organisations.
Every day you go to, and talk to, organisations, like your school, sports club, or arts group. Sometimes something might happen at the organisation that makes you feel unhappy or you may feel uncomfortable or unsafe. When this happens you have the right to speak up and tell someone your problem.
Every day you go to, and talk to, organisations, like your school, sports club, or arts group. Sometimes something might happen at the organisation that makes you feel unhappy or you may feel uncomfortable or unsafe. When this happens you have the right to speak up and tell someone your problem.
Every day you go to, and talk to, organisations, like your school, sports club, or arts group. Sometimes something might happen at the organisation that makes you feel unhappy or you may feel uncomfortable or unsafe. When this happens you have the right to speak up and tell someone your problem.
Every day you go to, and talk to, organisations, like your school, sports club, or arts group. Sometimes something might happen at the organisation that makes you feel unhappy or you may feel uncomfortable or unsafe. When this happens you have the right to speak up and tell someone your problem.
Every day you go to, and talk to, organisations, like your school, sports club, or arts group. Sometimes something might happen at the organisation that makes you feel unhappy or you may feel uncomfortable or unsafe. When this happens you have the right to speak up and tell someone your problem.
The First Commonwealth Action Plan works alongside the First National Action Plan. It includes measures the Australian Government will largely deliver on its own, and focuses on Australian Government priorities and responsibilities, such as preventing and responding to online child sexual abuse.
A Guide to support children and young people’s understanding of and engagement with the National Strategy. It assists children and young people to understand child safety and child sexual abuse, and to recognise the signs of child sexual abuse. It also provides practical ways for them to keep themselves and their friends safe.
Language is important in media reporting. Child sexual abuse is always the fault of the perpetrator, and victim blaming – including due to inadvertent use of poor language – is never acceptable.
The Summary of the National Strategy and its Action Plans is an overview of the National Strategy, the First National Action Plan and the First Commonwealth Action Plan. The Summary provides readers with the documents’ key contents and core messages.