Strength, culture and leadership: Solid Voices Youth Council completes final 2025 engagement week The QATSICPP Solid Voices Youth Council recently gathered on Turrbal and Yugambeh Country for their final engagement week of 2025. Young leaders from across Queensland came together to reconnect, grow their leadership and strengthen their shared voice across child protection and youth…
QATSICPP has released its 2024–25 Annual Report, Positive Futures, marking a year shaped by cultural leadership, community partnership and sector wide collaboration across Queensland. The report highlights QATSICPP’s strengthened role as the peak for child protection and continued to grow into its position as Queensland’s Youth Justice Peak, standing for both its community-controlled member base,…
Yesterday QATSICPP met with the Queensland Government Department of Youth Justice and Victim Support, alongside the Queensland Council of Social Services (QCOSS) and the Youth Advocacy Centre (YAC), to discuss the recent changes to Youth Justice funded organisations’ contractual requirements regarding media engagement and contact. We acknowledge and respect the concerns raised by our sector and members about…
QATSICPP welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Child Safety Commission of Inquiry’s important work in investigating Far North Queensland and the Torres Straits’ child safety systems, and identifying pathways for future reform. We acknowledge the challenging work of thousands of individuals across the region, from community and government who work to support…
QATSICPP Statement – 25 August 2025 Supporting Privacy and Safety – QATSICPP Responds to Recently Introduced Youth Justice Contractual Media Clauses The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) acknowledges and commends the dedication, professionalism, and cultural expertise of our member organisations and youth justice funded services across Queensland. As Queensland’s Peak…
Welcome to the 2025 QATSICPP Scholarships Intake Our yearly intake is upon us again and we have 25 scholarships to be awarded to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sector staff working with children, young people and families. https://www.qatsicpp.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Program-Overview.mp4 Staff can apply to study one of the following courses online at Griffith University: Graduate Certificate in…
QATSICPP Statement 8 August 2025 QATSICPP appoints Phillip Brooks as new Chief Executive Officer The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) is proud to announce the appointment of Mr Phillip Brooks as its new Chief Executive Officer, commencing 1 September 2025. Mr Brooks is a proud descendant of the Bidjara Tribe…
QATSICPP welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this important review of the effectiveness of current complaints mechanisms, reporting procedures and incident management systems available to those seeking to raise serious safety concerns about children and families involved in the child protection system. As the peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child protection in…
From our conversations with member organisations over the past few weeks QATSICPP has developed a summary of key messages, insights and knowledge we want to share with the Inquiry from its beginning. Acknowledging that QATSICPP and our members will provide further insight and knowledge as the Inquiry runs its course, this Communique outlines some of…
Click here to access the QATSICPP Workforce Strategy that has been finalised, we thank you for your time and contributions during our extensive consultation process. This strategy identifies four Key focus areas for our 10-year vision for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled workforce. This document has been produced in conjunction with Think…
