Lily LoveLibrary
Practical reading for parents, neighbours and anyone who wants the evidence. Every claim links to its source.
Emergency response and preparedness
Call 000 first. These help you be ready before you ever need to be.
- Triple Zero (000)
When and how to call for emergency help in Australia.
- Emergency+ app
Free national app that gives your exact location to the 000 operator.
- St John Ambulance first aid training
First aid and CPR courses for parents, carers and neighbours.
- Poisons Information Centre, 13 11 26
Australia-wide, 24/7 advice on suspected poisoning.
- Healthdirect
Government health advice and a 24/7 nurse line.
Child and family safety
Trusted Australian guides for making a home ready for a curious child.
- Kidsafe Australia
Room-by-room home safety, product safety and checklists.
- Royal Life Saving: Keep Watch
Water safety for children under five.
- Raising Children Network: Safety
Government-funded, practical safety guidance from newborn to teen.
- ACCC Product Safety: babies and kids
Recalls, standards and warnings, including button batteries.
- Royal Children’s Hospital: Kids Health Info
Fact sheets from a children’s hospital.
Community care and practical skills
For the people who hold everyone else together.
- Carer Gateway
Counselling, respite and peer support for carers. 1800 422 737.
- Carers Australia
Advocacy and information for carers.
- GriefLine
Free grief and loss support by phone and online.
- Beyond Blue
Support for anxiety, depression and wellbeing.
- NDIS: families and carers
The early childhood approach for young children with disability.
- Brain Injury Australia
Information and pathways after acquired brain injury.
- Synapse
Support and advocacy after brain injury.
Privacy, identity and the Omxus approach
How a person can hold their own identity. Articles coming.
Being written
Lived stories and reflections
Families in their own words.
Being written
Research and sources
Where our facts come from.
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
National injury, health and welfare statistics.
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
Research on children and families.
- The Kids Research Institute Australia
Child-health research, based in Perth.
- PubMed
The free index of medical research.