Your Child's Safety
The websites listed below contain advice or assistance to help you achieve the best for your child and your family:
- For more information, fact sheets and latest news about child safety, see: Kidsafe Victoria
- Child Safety Commissioner - the Commissioner provides advice to both the Minister for Community Services and the Minister for Children on issues impacting on the lives of children, in particular vulnerable children. This is achieved through listening to children, advocating on their behalf, being impartial, leading on child-safe practices and acting with integrity
- For information about vehicle child restraints and their use, see: VicRoads' Seatbelts and Child Restraints
- For advice and information on poisonings or possible poisonings contact the Poisons Information Centre on 13 11 26, or see: Victorian Poisons Information Centre
- For a home safety check list, fact sheets and information on education programs, see: Royal Children's Hospital Safety Centre
- For information about safety at the beach and in swimming pools, as well as learn to swim programs, see: Water Safety
- For first aid information, and to book a first aid course, see: St John's Ambulance Australia
- Consumer Affairs, Victoria - provides advice and assistance on matters of renting and accommodation, estate agents, building, shopping, credit and trading. They also license or register and regulate credit providers, estate agents, introduction agents, motor car traders, prostitution service providers, travel agents, second-hand dealers, pawnbrokers, hoteliers, restaurateurs and operators of other businesses involved in selling liquor.