Tim Hobbs's blog

The executive director of Blueprints hits all the key notes.

Tim Hobbs Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 4:12pm

Del Elliott talks standards of evidence, programme fidelity and scaling up, over an all American breakfast.

More of the same?

Tim Hobbs Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 at 5:12pm

Reasons to make the long-haul journey to the Blueprints conference.

Can Australia ride the wave of healthier child protection? Day 1 of the ACCAN conference.

Tim Hobbs Friday, November 2nd, 2007 at 4:16pm

Conference surfing notes from Queensland including intimations of a crisis in the care system and of changing attitudes to child protection and the public health.

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