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2026 Youth Summit
Our Youth Summit returns tomorrow for its third year, providing a platform for young people to voice their views about topics that matter to them.
Thumbnail for news article Child rights report released
The 2025 Queensland Child Rights Report launched today by state’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Commissioner Natalie Lewis, comes as the Commission of Inquiry into Queensland’s Child Safety System continues its examination of the state’s child protection system.
Thumbnail for news article child death annual report released
New data released reveals 427 children and young people aged 0 to 17 years died in 2024–25, compared with 422 in the previous year.
Thumbnail for news article In Plain Sight report released
The Child Death Review Board has released its report of its review into system responses to child sexual abuse in Queensland.
  • Child sexual abuse
Thumbnail for news article Modelling forecasts looming financial crisis for residential care
Economic modelling completed by the Queensland Family and Child Commission indicates Queensland’s residential care system is on an unsustainable trajectory that will cost the state $7 billion annually by 2030 without urgent and immediate reform.
  • Residential care
Thumbnail for news article Young Black and Proud scholarships open
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people can now apply for a scholarship of up to $10,000 to help them achieve their academic, arts or sporting dream.
Thumbnail for news article Universal Principal and Cultural Safety
Does your business or organisation work with children or provide services or spaces for them? If so, you need to be getting ready for Queensland’s new child safeguarding law (the Child Safe Organisation Act 2024) which comes into effect from 1 October 2025.
  • Child Safe Standards
Thumbnail for news article International Women's Day 2025
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have long been at the forefront of human rights advocacy, shouldering the weight of both historical injustice and ongoing systemic discrimination while continuing to fight for justice, equity, and self-determination.
Thumbnail for news article Principal Commissioner reappointed
Luke Twyford has been reappointed as Principal Commissioner of the Queensland Family and Child Commission.

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