This submission has been prepared by the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP), as the peak representative agency for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and family services in our jurisdiction. It has been 10 years since Closing the Gap began and the historic Apology to the Stolen Generations. Since this time, there are now only three of the seven national targets reported as being on track and four are due to expire in 2018; and over-representation in out-of-home care has gotten worse, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children over 10 times more likely to be removed from their families than non-Indigenous children. The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) welcomes opportunity to provide input and feedback to the Close the Gap refresh process.
QATSICPP
Child Protection Peak
