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Principle focus

A continued commitment to systemic accountability for the safety and wellbeing of Queensland’s First Nations children from 2021 to 2024.

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Child Rights Report

The Queensland Child Rights Report 2025 details the state of children’s rights in Queensland. The report assesses how well Queensland’s laws, policies and services are protecting children’s rights across youth justice, child protection, education and health.

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In Plain Sight: Review into systems response to child sexual abuse

In Plain Sight is the product of a 12-month review completed by the Child Death Review Board. The review examined system responses to child sexual abuse.

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Child Safe Standards have commenced

Queensland's new child safeguarding law has commenced.

Find out when it applies to you.

Beyond behaviour

Beyond behaviour

The Beyond behaviour report analyses the disproportionate rate at which First Nations children, children with disability, and children living in out-of-home care are suspended or excluded from Queensland state schools.

Building on last year’s Include me, don’t exclude me: The experiences of children and young people who have been suspended or excluded from Queensland state schools, the report also begins examining the link between school exclusions and poverty.

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News and updates

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First Nations children, children with disability, and children living in out-of-home care are significantly more likely to be suspended or excluded from school in Queensland according to a report released today by Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Commissioner Natalie…
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A new report released today by Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Commissioner Natalie Lewis, shows Queensland’s child protection reforms have failed to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care.
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Young, Black and Proud
The Young Black and Proud scholarship program is marking a decade of supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people across Queensland, investing in talent, strengths and future pathways.

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