Cybersafety Events
Cyber Security Awareness Week: 12 to 15 June 2012
National Cyber Security Awareness Week is an Australian Government initiative, held annually in partnership with industry, community and consumer groups and state and territory governments.
Awareness Week helps Australians understand cybersecurity risks as well as educating home and small business users on the simple steps they can take to protect their personal and financial information online.
NAIDOC Week: 1 to 8 July 2012
NAIDOC stands for the National Aborigines and Islander Day Observation Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal Groups in the 1920s which sought to increase awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment of Indigenous Australians.
NAIDOC is a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and an opportunity to recognise the contributions of Indigenous Australians in various fields.
National Centre Against Bullying 2012 Conference: 15to 16 June 2012
The National Centre Against Bullying's (NCAB) 5th biennial conference will explore the ways young people use social media for connecting, learning and creating, and how social media can be used to support young people with a disability.
Keynote speakers include Professor Ian Rivers PHD (UK), Dr Colleen McLaughlin (UK), Professor Donna Cross (Australia) and Nina Funnell (Australia), who will present on the topics of social media, bullying and vulnerability.
There will be an opportunity to attend more than 30 specialised workshops over the two days, where practitioners and other experts will discuss the latest research and strategies that teachers, psychologists, social workers, parents and others, can put in place to help minimise online bullying.
Over the two days, there will be entertainment and engaging question and answer forums, providing opportunities to network with delegates and speakers. There is also a gala dinner on Friday, 15 June.
National Buddy Day: 1 June 2012
On Friday 1 June, primary schools across Australia will celebrate National Buddy Day, an initiative developed by NAB and The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, to raise awareness about the importance of friendship and the issue of bullying amongst primary school children.
As part of National Buddy Day, primary school students will participate in school-based activities that celebrate positive relationships and highlight ways kids can help other kids to learn positive behaviours to reduce bullying.
To celebrate National Buddy Day, children around Australia are also being encouraged to learn the ‘Buddy Handshake’—a specially developed handshake that is for kids hands only.
The Buddy Handshake represents the values of one of the foundation’s bullying prevention programs, the Better Buddies Framework—caring for others, friendliness, respect, valuing difference, including others and responsibility.
White Balloon Day: 7 September 2012
This year, Bravehearts Inc. will celebrate its 16th annual White Balloon Day.
Staged during Child Protection Week (September 2–9), the humble white balloon has become synonymous with child protection and this special day has evolved into Bravehearts' signature national event.
White Balloon Day is not only a day of recognition, awareness and support for the victims of child sexual assault but is also the principal fundraising initiative which enables Bravehearts to educate, empower and protect all Aussie kids.
White Balloon Day provides a unique opportunity for organisations to make lasting contributions to helping make Australia the safest place in the world to raise a child—a vision that can only be achieved with the support of the entire community.
