The Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC), the Office of the eSafety Commissioner, and its partner agencies held its first Out of the Dark (OotD) steering committee meeting for 2021, coinciding with National Safer Internet Day, to discuss the increasing challenges regarding online child exploitation.

QFCC Principal Commissioner Cheryl Vardon said the largescale shift toward online environments brought on by the COVID-19 lockdowns underpinned the conversations...

Bremer State High School has today become the first high school in the Ipswich region to join the Queensland Family and Child Commission’s (QFCC) Talking Families program – a program helping to reduce the stigma around parents asking for support.

We can’t expect kids to be perfect, so we shouldn’t expect parents to be perfect either. We aren’t born parents and our kids don’t come with handbooks. We need to normalise parents making mistakes, growing and learning every day, and helping...

The Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC) called on all young Queenslanders to show us their perspective of the world and current issues through their exceptional artistic skills.

The Amplify – Through My Eyes participation opportunity provided a chance for young people aged 13 – 18 years to submit an artwork based on the themes of their communities, hopes and dreams or issues that are important to them.

Principal Commissioner Cheryl Vardon was delighted with the amount...