Birth, parenting, partnering, separating, family violence, kinship care, bereavement.

Why it matters: Life events are where citizens collide with government most intensely and where bad design causes lasting damage. Death admin alone spans 20+ agencies. Family separation by visa policy is invisible to most Australians but central to migrant life. Child removal rates 10x higher for First Nations kids are the contemporary face of historic policy failure.

What it looks like across cohorts

Highest-leverage ideas

• Bereavement one-form (small) — single 'Tell-Government-Once' notice for deaths fanning out to 20+ agencies. (i007)
• Birth-to-childcare default enrolment (small) — auto pre-fill ECEC waitlist at birth registration. (i008)
• Aboriginal Child Placement Principle dashboard (small) — real-time public dashboard tracking ACPP compliance. (i025)
• Parent-visa transparency (small) — public dashboard with current wait + queue position. (i037)
• Spouse-portable career (small) — portable-employment scheme for ADF spouses across departments. (i050)
• Carer-as-co-participant (small) — formal recognition of partner/parent/sibling carers in NDIS plans. (i062)
• Care-leaver guarantee to 25 (small) — guaranteed support to age 25 for OOHC leavers. (i075)
• PPL extension to 26 weeks (medium) — phased extension with use-it-or-lose-it dad/partner share. (i087)

Sources

• Citizen Voice 2025 — Education & Childcare section
• SNAICC; Productivity Commission Closing the Gap dashboard
• Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide
• Disability Royal Commission
• Carers Australia; The Parenthood