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National Families Wellbeing Symposium

NCEPH, in conjunction with Families Australia convened a second Work, Families and Wellbeing Forum in June 2007.

Program

Outcomes

Background
Unprecedented social, demographic and economic changes over the last decades have lent urgency to how people, especially parents, manage their work and family commitments. Furthermore, future prosperity and wellbeing will depend on how nations deal with fertility and an ageing population, and better work and family practices will be integral to the solution. These issues are being addressed in a variety of legal, research and policy contexts, nationally and internationally.

The 2006 Forum was the second in a series of gatherings to examine the issues surrounding work and families. The principal aims of the 2006 Form were to showcase latest Australian and international research on work, family and wellbeing, and, by involving representatives from business, government, families, academia, equal opportunity and human rights, unions and the community, to generate balanced discussion and encourage common understanding of the issues.

The second Forum aimed not only to consolidate policy-research-practitioner linkages, but also to ensure these are informed by international and comparative perspectives.