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Alliance for Forgotten Australians (2006 - )

  • Historic Abuse Network Memorial

    Historic Abuse Network Memorial, 2013, courtesy of Historic Abuse Network.
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From
2006
Categories
Peak Body
Alternative Names
  • AFA (Acronym)
Website
http://www.forgottenaustralians.org.au/

The Alliance for Forgotten Australians (AFA) was established in 2006. It is a national group of organisations and individuals from across Australia that promotes the interests of people who experienced institutional or other out-of-home care as children and who suffered physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse: the Forgotten Australians.

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The Alliance for Forgotten Australians was established in 2006 in response to the 'Forgotten Australians' report, the Alliance for Forgotten Australians (AFA) is a national group of organisations and individuals from across Australia that promotes the interests of the estimated 500,000 people who experienced institutional or other out-of-home care as children in the last century and who suffered physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse: the Forgotten Australians.

The Alliance for Forgotten Australians (AFA) works to advance its objectives at all levels of government in Australia. It works with the knowledge and cooperation of its members to advance issues at the Federal, State and Territory levels.

AFA is committed to:

  • Obtaining adequate acknowledgement, accountability and redress for past wrongs
  • Achieving the full implementation of the recommendations of the Senate Report, overseen by a National Watch Committee
  • Supporting current efforts to highlight child protection issues, including those relating to Indigenous people and child migrants.

The organisation Families Australia provides secretariat and project support to AFA.

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Historic Abuse Network Memorial
Title
Historic Abuse Network Memorial
Type
Image
Date
2013
Source
Historic Abuse Network

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Prepared by: Lee Butterworth