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The State of Australia’s Children: Why early action matters more than ever.

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For the first time, Australia has a national picture of how our children and young people are really doing

The new State of Australia’s Children Report developed by UNICEF Australia and ARACY brings together more than 100 datasets and the voices of over 2,000 children and young people.

The message is clear: when we act early, children thrive, families are stronger and communities flourish.

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Australia’s future depends on how we treat our children today.
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KeyFrame: The State of Australia’s Children

Our focus areas and impact missions

We seek to uplift communities, support gender equality, protect natural ecosystems and respond to emerging threats and challenges.

Two young First Nations girls play with brightly coloured beads on bead mazes that are sitting on a pine table. In the background can be seen black safety fences, showing that this is in an early learning centre.

Communities

All children in Australia reach their full potential in thriving communities.

A mother and daughter pose smiling at the camera, with their faces close together. The mother has honey blonde hair and wears a sand coloured knitted jumper, the daughter has dark hair and is wearing a light blue buttoned shirt with a floral pattern.

Gender Equality

All people realise their inherent freedom and equality.

A New Holland Honeyeater, a small bird with black and white mottled body, a black head and white ear patch, and a large yellow wing patch and yellow sides on the tail. The bird sits on a a bright red, pink and yellow banksia flower. Another banksia flower and the serrated-edge, grey green foliage can be seen in the background.

Natural Ecosystems

Healthy ecosystems safeguarded for all generations.

An elderly woman holds her hand to her mouth, looking as though she might cry. She wears a light coloured jacket and has a grey and white striped scarf covering her hair. On either side of her are tall and thin yellow candles, on ornate brass plates. In the background are other men and women and arches of the cathedral.

Impact Missions

Agile response to existential threats and urgent challenges.

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Our vision

A society that values all people and natural ecosystems.

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Our impact and reach

We maximise our impact by focusing on our beneficiaries, consistent geographies and key stakeholders.

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Our role

We back those who are closest to the problems we seek to solve.

Partner

Support partners using the full spectrum of funding solutions, from grants to impact investing, to create, accelerate and scale measurable impact.

Advocate

Affect system change at scale by shifting the expectations of decision-makers to act on our chosen issues by enhancing advocacy capacity and shifting attitudes, norms, mindsets and behaviours to support critical policy reform.

Develop

Collaborate with partners, communities and beneficiaries to develop, test, refine and de-risk solutions, sharing learnings to help others scale-up and adapt to local contexts.

Generate evidence

Generate, connect and leverage evidence to drive change, fuel advocacy, guide decisions and amplify our collective impact.

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