This year's National Child Protection Week shines a spotlight on the power of everyday conversations to help keep children and young people safe and well.
Minister for Children and Youth, Jo Palmer, said the 2025 theme - Every Conversation Matters: Shifting Conversation to Action – reinforces the vital role every member of the community plays in supporting the safety and wellbeing of children.
"Conversations are powerful. They can be difficult, but they can be life changing," Minister Palmer said.
"They can help us understand issues, challenge norms, find solutions, and create opportunities to reach families that need support.
"All children and young people in Tasmania deserve to be well and to feel safe, and that's why every conversation matters.
"By speaking up and telling someone when you have concerns and by knowing what to look for, we can all work together to ensure that children and young people are safe.
"I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge our wonderful Child Safety, Out of Home Care and ARL staff across Tasmania for the incredible contributions they make, every day, to support and uplift children and young people and their families in our communities.
"Their enduring passion and commitment to what we know is highly complex and very difficult work, is deeply valued and does not go unnoticed.
"Thank you, for the difference you are all making."
National Child Protection Week encourages all Australians to learn more about the signs of child abuse and neglect, and to work together to intervene.
It runs from 7-13 September and is coordinated by the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN).
Now in its 30th year, NAPCAN has championed child safety as a collective community responsibility.
Anyone with a concern about the safety and wellbeing of a child should contact the Strong Families Safe Kids Advice and Referral Line on 1800 000 123.
You can also find out more information about how to make a report and what to look for at www.tellsomeone.tas.gov.au.
