RAEN is yet to receive an update to our letter sent 8th September. Please see our follow up email to the Ministers below:

Good Morning, 

I am writing to follow up on the letter sent to you via email on 8th September by the Regional Autistic Engagement Network alongside a coalition of national advocates represented by The Australian Neurodivergent Parent's Association, Reimagine Australia and ourselves. 

Our community is anxiously waiting for your response to our request for a meeting to discuss Thriving Kids. I remind you that this letter was submitted on behalf of the over 15,000 community members who have signed our petition here: https://chng.it/QMB5sQcFQv

Our letter to yourselves was published at the time of sending and so will be this update, along with your eventual response which we look forward to receiving asap. 

For your information the letter can be seen again here: https://www.raentasmania.com.au/_files/ugd/e3665d_3d47d5d7cfc2478ca789bcb32c8e6b68.pdf

We look forward to hearing from you soon,
Hannah Reeve
(Vice President & Secretary)

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Please email the Ministers and ask them to respond to this letter - use the template below (and flavour if you wish!)
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Hello,

I am writing today as a member of the Australian autism community to request you respond to the letter sent to you via email on the 8th September 2025 by the Regional Autistic Engagement Network (RAEN) on behalf of a coalition of national advocates and 15,000 community petition signers: https://chng.it/QMB5sQcFQv

RAEN is requesting an URGENT meeting, you can see the original letter here: https://www.raentasmania.com.au/_files/ugd/e3665d_3d47d5d7cfc2478ca789bcb32c8e6b68.pdf

We, the autism community in Australia, call on Minister Mark Butler and the Australian Government to: 
- Halt the rollout of Thriving Kids until independent safety evaluations are complete, and guarantee no children will be removed from the scheme or have their funding significantly cut in the meantime.
- Engage meaningfully with advocates and DPRO’s and work with national advocates to install a DPRO led review panel to provide independent review of programs prior to implementation. 
- Ensure suggested programs comply with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). 
- Resume genuine engagement with community and advocates and review of previous engagement and feedback which seems to have been disregarded in the case of Inklings. 

Anything less is unacceptable. 

I look forward to seeing through RAEN's updates that you have replied and set a meeting date. 

Kind Regards,

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