The Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC) recently released the Voices of Hope: Growing Up in Queensland 2020 Report which captured the views of 8,000 children and young people from across Queensland. 24 per cent of respondents identified as LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex and/or asexual).

The report highlighted the bullying and harassment experienced by LGBTQIA young people as well as the perceived lack of acceptance by the general...

Reducing youth crime in Queensland will only happen with change across  the health, education, family support and legal justice systems, according to a new report issued by the Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC).

The QFCC’s Changing the Sentence report delivered 13 findings, including a call to invest in prevention and early intervention programs to help reduce factors contributing to a young person committing a crime. The report also called for specialised services to...

The Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC) Counting lives, changing patterns report, tabled in parliament on 12 May 2021, reviewed the details of the 7,175 Queensland children and young people who lost their lives in the 16 years between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2019.

QFCC Principal Commissioner Cheryl Vardon said over the 16 years the deaths of 7,175 children and young people were registered in Queensland and this report looked at similarities, shared...