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SUMMARY:Safer Together: Practical Strategies for Strengthening Child Safety
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to a free sector-wide webinar\nNow more than ever\, the early childhood sector is stepping up to lead on child safety. \nJoin Child Australia for a national webinar focused on practical solutions\, stronger systems and shared responsibility — because protecting children must be at the heart of everything we do. \nThis session will move beyond headlines and crisis response\, offering evidence-based\, actionable strategies to create safer environments in every early learning setting\, everywhere in Australia. \n🗓️ Thursday 31 July\n🕑 2:00pm AWST\n💻 Free Live Webinar\n🎙️ Panel of experts across education\, child protection\, policy & regulation\n🆓 No cost. Open to all sector professionals\, leaders & families \n  \nMeet the Expert Panel\nHear from national child safety agencies\, jurisdictional regulators\, ACECQA\, family advocates\, child protection specialists and early childhood providers with hands-on experience. \nMore speakers will be announced soon! \nTogether\, we’ll explore:\n⚠️ Red flags and early intervention strategies\n📣 Clear escalation and reporting pathways\n🤝 Sector gaps and opportunities for stronger cross-agency collaboration\n👀 How educators and families can recognise & respond to inappropriate adult behaviours \n  \n\nSpecial Guest\n \n  \nHon. Minister Sabine Winton BA BPS MLA\nDepartment of Communities WA\nMinister for Education; Early Childhood; Preventative Health; Wheatbelt \n  \n\nSpeakers\nGeorgie Dent\nThe Parenthood\nCEO \nGeorgie Dent is the CEO of The Parenthood\, Australia’s leading parent advocacy organisation representing over 80\,000 parents\, carers and supporters. \nShe is a best-selling author\, former lawyer and prominent advocate for children\, families\, gender equity and mental health. The Parenthood champions paid parental leave\, access to quality early childhood education and care and family-friendly workplaces. She is a mum of three and lives in Sydney with her husband & co-partner in chaos. \n\nGabrielle Sinclair\nACECQA\nCEO \nGabrielle Sinclair is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) which is the independent national authority for the Early Childhood Education and Care sector’s National Quality Framework. \nGabrielle commenced her career as a teacher and has held senior executive positions in a number of Queensland Government portfolios including Education\, Infrastructure\, Planning\, Local Government and Corrective Services. \nBefore her appointment to ACECQA in January 2017\, Gabrielle was Deputy Director-General\, Early Childhood and Community Engagement in the Queensland Department of Education and Training. \nGabrielle has degrees in teaching and education\, a Master’s degree in Education and an Executive Master’s degree in Public Administration. \n\nMichael Petrie\nACECQA\nGeneral Manager – Workforce\, Engagement and Research \nMichael Petrie is General Manager\, Workforce\, Engagement and Research\, and leads ACECQA’s functions relating to national workforce policy\, qualifications and skilled migration assessments\, research and evaluation\, communication\, and stakeholder engagement. As part of his responsibilities\, he also leads ACECQA’s national customer enquiries team and its family focused website Startingblocks.gov.au. \nMichael also has extensive experience working with government and senior leaders from the public sector\, industry\, unions and peak representative groups. \n\nKayelene Kerr\neSafeKids\nFounder\, Child Safety Advocate & Body Safety\, Cyber Safety and Pornography Education Specialist \nKayelene Kerr is recognised as one of Western Australia’s most experienced specialist providers of Protective Behaviours\, Body Safety\, Cyber Safety\, Digital Wellness and Pornography education workshops. Kayelene has featured on Australian and international television broadcasts\, radio programs and in print media. \nKayelene is passionate about the prevention of child abuse\, sexual exploitation and sexual violence\, drawing on over 24 years’ experience of study and law enforcement\, investigating sexual crimes\, including technology facilitated crimes. Kayelene believes protecting children from harm is a shared responsibility and she aims to support and inspire the trusted adults in children’s lives to talk about challenging topics. \nKayelene has presented to international audiences and has delivered keynote addresses and workshops at Education\, Child Protection\, Health\, Family and Domestic Violence and Community Services conferences. Kayelene has also presented to many primary and secondary school parents\, carers\, educators\, students\, government and non-government departments and service providers. \n  \nNicole Talarico\nTalarico Consulting\nEarly Years Consultant \nNicole Talarico is best known as an advocate for child safety and children’s rights\, with a social justice lens always present. \nNicole’s career spans thirty years in the education and care sector having engaged in roles supporting high quality practice and compliance. Nicole is an author\, her book Asserting a Culture of Child Safety was written to guide education and care services to create and maintain physical\, emotional\, spiritual\, social and culturally safe environments inclusive of online safety. Nicole’s insights have been shared at inter/national conferences in the capacity as key note speaker and MC and through targeted professional development projects. \nNicole undertakes Quick Response work and training for the Department of Education in VIC\, NSW and WA due to her extensive experience in the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Nicole’s work has been published in a range of early childhood sector peak body publications\, inclusive of podcasts and webinar platforms. \n  \nKaty Brennan\nNT Department of Education and Training\nDirector – Quality Education and Care NT \nKaty Brennan is the Director of Quality Education and Care Northern Territory (QECNT)\, with a vast range of experience in early childhood education and regulatory leadership. With a background spanning Long Day Care\, Preschool\, Primary School\, and OSHC settings\, and prior regulatory experience in Victoria\, Katy has a deep understanding of the sector. \nJoining QECNT in 2020\, Katy has progressed through key roles\, including Authorised Officer and Assistant Director\, before being appointed as Director in early 2024. As Director Katy provides strategic leadership in the implementation of the National Quality Framework across the NT\, driving regulatory excellence\, sector collaboration\, and improved safety and outcomes for children. Now proudly calling the Territory home\, she is committed to growing a strong\, responsive and high-performing regulatory authority. \n  \nLauren Bowen\nEducation and Care Regulatory Unit (ECRU) WA\nTeam Leader Assessments \n \nLauren has worked in the early childhood education and care sector for the past 28 years\, 18 of which she has dedicated to supporting sector regulation and quality as part of the Department of Communities and the Education and Care Regulatory Unit. \n  \n\nMeet the Facilitators\nTina Holtom\nChild Australia\nCEO \n \nTina Holtom is a values-led leader with a deep commitment to creating better systems for children\, families and the people who support them. \nWith a career spanning over 20 years in education\, child development and executive leadership\, she brings both lived experience and strategic clarity to some of the sector’s most complex challenges. \nTina has led transformational reforms\, reimagined service models and built bold cross-sector partnerships\, all while championing the teams at the heart of the work. \nHer leadership style is grounded\, forward-thinking and unapologetically people-first. \nWhether influencing policy\, steering organisational change or mentoring emerging leaders\, Tina’s focus remains firmly on building a future where every child can thrive\, and every professional feels seen\, supported and empowered to lead change. \n  \nConnie Borg\nChild Australia\nSector Specialist Team Leader \n \nConnie has over 25 years’ experience in a variety of community and education and care services\, specialising in infants and toddlers. \nAlong with strong community involvement\, Connie believes support and guidance to build educator capacity is the best way to drive quality sustainable practice. \nConnie has been with Child Australia for over eight years and is passionate about the professional development and growth of educators in the ECEC sector.
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