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Report
This report details the children’s rights issues in the Commission's role of reviewing and improving the systems that protect and safeguard children.
  • Child rights
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Report
System review into the use of Permanent Care Orders for First Nations children.
  • First Nations
  • Child protection
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Framework
Our Oversight Framework 2023–2027 details how we perform our oversight function with transparency and objectivity.
  • Child protection
  • Youth justice
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Report
This report compares restorative justice conferencing legislation and practice in Queensland.
  • Youth justice
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Government response
A response from the Queensland Government on the recommendations provided in the Child Death Review Board Annual Report.
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Resource
Proactive policy map of the child protection and family support systems.
  • Youth justice
  • Child protection
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Report
This report summarises our findings from a review into how the system meets the protection and care needs of children on Intervention with Parental Agreements (IPA).
  • Child protection
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Report
This paper discusses the barriers faced by children with cognitive disabilities when accessing the NDIS to gain disability support.
  • Disability
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Report
This paper is for practitioners and policy makers who are required to apply active efforts when implementing the child placement principle.
  • Residential care
  • First Nations
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Report
We have completed a review of a child protection response used in Queensland known as an Intervention with Parental Agreement.
  • Child protection
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Insights paper
This report considers fatal and non-fatal immersion incidents of children aged 0–4 years in Queensland that have occurred in pools covered by Queensland’s swimming pool safety legislation (regulated pools).
  • Child death prevention
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Research
A study led to investigate the lived experiences of children and young people aged 8-to-25 years who are in contact with the Queensland youth justice system.
  • Youth justice
  • Lived experience
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Annual report
The Queensland Family and Child Commission Annual Report provides information about our achievements, governance arrangements, strategic objectives, financial and non-financial performance.
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Annual report
We are legislated to assess the performance of Queensland’s child protection system and report our findings in our Annual Report. As part of our annual report release, we publish these finding as a standalone report.
  • Child protection
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Annual report
The Child Death Review Board Annual Report includes activities and findings from system reviews following the deaths of children known to the child protection system.
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Annual report
The Annual Report: Deaths of children and young people collects, analyses and publishes information about child deaths to help prevent future deaths and serious injuries.
  • Child death prevention

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