Created for respectful relationships event

Details

• Free event
• Date: Thursday 5 November 2026
• Time: 9.00am – 4.30pm (AEDT), registration from 8.30am
• Attend in person: ACU, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Greg Craven Centre Level 7

Or

• Attend via live stream (we will give you access on this page on the day of the event)

Program

9.00-9.10 Acknowledgement of Country/Welcome to Country

9.10-9.20 Dr Janine Luttick - prayer

9.20-9.30 Professor Daryl Higgins as MC and introduction

9.30-10.15 Keynote from Justice Jennifer Coate: Insights related to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

10.15-10.25 Reflections from Professor Larissa McLean Davies, Executive Dean, FEA

10.25-10.30 Daryl Higgins - Q&A from in-person and online registrants

10.30-11.00 Morning tea

11.00-11.30 Professor Daryl Higgins and Dr Gabrielle Hunt: Findings from Australian Child Maltreatment Study and how they inform Catholic education

11.30-12.30 Reverend Associate Professor Jamie Calder and Dr Janine Luttick: Theological perspectives on CRRE in Catholic education

12.30-12.45 Q&A

12.45-1.30 Lunch

1.30-2.00 Launch of materials with perspectives on next steps by Anthony Whitty, CEO of VCEA and Caitlin Humphrys

2.00-3.00 Panel discussion: ACU students and Religious Institute and Ministerial Public Juridic Person educators, facilitated by Dr Janine Luttick and Dr Gabrielle Hunt

3.00-3.10 Concluding reflections: Professor Richard Colledge, Executive Dean, FTP

3.10-3.15 Thanks from Professor Daryl Higgins

3.15-4.30 Refreshments and mingling

[subject to change] 

Partner acknowledgment

The Victorian Catholic Education Authority with funds from the Commonwealth Government’s Consent and Respectful Relationships Education funding commissioned Australian Catholic University to undertake this project. It was delivered in partnership between the School of Theology (Faculty of Theology and Philosophy) and the Institute of Child Protection Studies (Faculty of Education and Arts).