National Strategy Advisory Group
The inaugural National Strategy Advisory Group was established to provide regular advice and input on the implementation of the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021-2030 (National Strategy) First National Action Plan and First Commonwealth Action Plan from 2022 to 2025.
The National Strategy is a national framework for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse in all settings, including within families, in institutions, and online.
The National Office is committed to consultation with non-government stakeholders over the National Strategy’s 10-year lifetime. A key way the National Office has engaged and partnered with non-government stakeholders to implement the National Strategy’s First Action Plans is through the National Strategy Advisory Group.
The National Office recognises the need to design and implement measures in a way that meets the diverse needs of all Australians, including the National Strategy’s priority groups. Our priority groups are:
- victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and their advocates
- children and young people and their support networks
- First Nations peoples
- culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities
- people with disability
- LGBTQIA+ people
- people living in regional and remote communities
The National Strategy Advisory Group was established to ensure the views and experiences of our priority groups, as well as non-government organisations, academics, community members and individuals, are embedded in the design, implementation and evaluation of the National Strategy’s measures.