TFFP’s submission to the Senate Select Committee on Women’s Health

We ran a FIFO Parent Workshop in Ellenbrook on Saturday 5 September 2026 with Midvale Hub Parenting Service Perth NE. The workshop drew on the FIFO New Parents Guide and finished with a Q&A with Vicky. Workshops like this are a great way to connect with other fly-in fly-out (FIFO) parents and create practical tools…

We launched our children’s book, What Every Kid Needs To Know About FIFO: A-Z Edition, at a free family event at Bloom in Crawley on Saturday 21 February 2026. The book introduces children aged 5 to 10 to real people in fly-in fly-out (FIFO), mining and STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) roles, with women…

Vicky presented at the Australian Fatherhood Research Symposium 2026, held at Deakin Downtown in Melbourne and online. Her session, Bridging the Gap for FIFO Fathers: Reducing Isolation and Building Resilience in the Transition to Parenthood, shared early impact data from the FIFO New Parents Guide. Perinatal support often centres on mothers. Fly-in fly-out (FIFO) dads…

Australia’s Mining Monthly has published a feature on The FIFO Family Project’s first six months. At the time, we had run 14 meet-ups and more than 550 families had registered with us. The piece also covered our webinars and our plans for 2025. Six months earlier, none of this existed. Seeing it in an industry…

Vicky presented Inclusive Workplaces for FIFO Families: Strategies for Retention and Wellbeing, a webinar for employers hosted by AREEA (the Australian Resources & Energy Employer Association). The session looked at how employers can support the families of their fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers and why that matters for keeping their people. Employers are partners in this…

The Coalface has published a profile of our founder, Vicky Pellowe, and the story behind The FIFO Family Project. Writer Jess looked at Vicky’s years as a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) worker and her experience of postnatal depression after becoming a mum. The piece also covered how that experience shaped our work. The Coalface is read…