Children and Families

The Department of Children and Families will have a partial closedown from Thursday 25 December 2025 and will reopen Monday 5 January 2026.

Essential and on-call services will continue to operate as usual throughout the Christmas and New Year period.

Child Protection will continue to operate Monday to Friday from 8am to 4pm, closing on public holidays.

The child protection reporting line will continue to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.