Authors Prepared by yourtown Background In 2021, over 3,500 young people from around Australia engaged with yourtown’s Your Voice Project. The project was designed to provide a mechanism for young people (aged 15-24) across Australia to provide input into Australian Government decision-making processes on issues affecting them and their future. Key findings Young people told…
Authors Queensland Family & Child Commission Background The Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC) youth researchers, are excited to share the work we’ve been doing to identify what matters to children in out-of-home care and to work towards more positive outcomes for them. Between the 11 of us, we have more than one hundred different…
Chief Investigators and Authors: Chief investigators: Garth Morgan and Candice Butler Authors: Paul Testro; Dr John Prince; Lisa Hillan Background In 2019, QATSCIPP was funded to establish a Centre of Excellence. The role of the Centre is to establish and embed best practices in policy, program and service delivery to significantly improve outcomes for…
Authors: Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak Limited Background The purpose of this guide is to support best practice approaches for practitioners in the child and family wellbeing space and to remind them of the link between the theory of Active Efforts and their practice. This will be a practical resource…
Authors: Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak Limited Background QATSICPP’s position papers are informed by evidence from a wide range of sources. For further detail on the evidence that informs our position on youth justice, please read our Youth Justice Evidence Review here.
Authors Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak Limited Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a long history of over-representation in the justice systems in Australia.Unfortunately, in Queensland the over-representation of First Nations young people is on an upward trajectory. The escalating rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and…
Authors Garth Morgan, Candice Butler, Reno French, Tamara Creamer, Lisa Hillan, Eva Ruggiero, Jennifer Parsons, Gareth Prior, Lela Idagi, Rachel Bruce, Tracy Gray, Thomas Jia, Mary Hostalek, Jamie Gibson, Beverley Mitchell, Traven Lea, Kristy Clancy, Ursula Barber, Daryl Higgins, Alex Cahill, Sebastian Trew Background The report shows child protection responses to domestic and family violence…
Authors Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak Background On the 29th of October 2018 the Child Protection Act 1999 was amended to enable the Chief Executive of Queensland’s then Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women to delegate functions and powers to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an Aboriginal or Torres…
Authors Professor Helen Milroy, Rowena Lawrie and Paul Testro, on behalf of The Healing Foundation. Healing Foundation Background This report is focused on culturally based healing responses to respond to children who have been sexually abused and provides a pathway to prevention of child sexual abuse in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The report…
Authors Karen Menzies, University of Western Sydney, Forcible separation and assimilation as trauma: The historical and socio-political experiences of Australian Aboriginal people, Social Work and Society, Vol. 17, Issue 1, 2019 Prepared by Eva Ruggiero, QATSICPP Policy, Research and Evaluation Background This paper draws on the timeline of historical, social and political events and child…