QATSICPP Residential Care Forum and Submission On September 25th over 40 representatives from QATSICPP member organisations and other community controlled providers across the state came together in Meanjin Brisbane for the QATSICPP Residential Care Forum. The purpose of the forum was to boldly reimagine how we could support our families experiencing vulnerability with the aim…
QATSICPP Statement Friday 25 August 2023 Recent legislation introduced to Queensland Parliament re: detaining children in adult watch houses and correctional facilities Yesterday the Queensland Government passed legislative amendments overriding Queensland’s Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld) (the Act) which allows police watch houses and adult prisons to be used as youth detention centres. This is…
170+ Sector staff join QATSICPP’s first Knowledge Bites webinar At lunchtime on Thursday 18 May 2023, QATSICPP was honoured to host our first Knowledge Bites webinar in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (ATSILS). The Knowledge Bites webinar series is designed to help increase Sector knowledge about key topics, to aid in…
Release of our 2022 Members’ Conference and Awards report QATSICPP is pleased to release our wrap up report for the 2022 QATSICPP Members’ Conference and Awards, held in Brisbane on 1 and 2 December. Revisit the knowledge shared by inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, and deadly practice examples shared by QATSICPP Member organisations.…
Active Efforts Guide QATSICPP is proud to release Active Efforts in Practice – a guide to assist practitioners working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and families across the child and family wellbeing space. Changes to the Child Protection Act will come into effect in May 2023 which include a requirement for the Aboriginal…
Submission to review of Family and Child Commission Act 2014. QATSICPP recently made a submission to the Department of Justice and Attorney General’s review of the Family and Child Commission Act 2014. The Act sets out how the Queensland Family and Child Commission will promote the safety, wellbeing and best interest of children and young…
Breaking Cycles Reports. Together with DCYJMA and Family Matters QATSICPP has been partnering to support the development of the first Breaking Cycles Action Plan. Breaking Cycles builds on the successes, learnings and foundations set under Changing Tracks: An action plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families 2017–2022, the first Our Way implementation…
QATSICPP Response to Strengthening Community Safety Bill 2023. Yesterday QATSICPP CEO Garth Morgan appeared before the Queensland Parliament’s Economics and Governance Committee to provide QATSICPP’s views on the recently introduced Strengthening Community Safety Bill. This follows our submission to the committee last Friday, which opposed measures in the Bill that have a high potential to…
QATSICPP Response to Strengthening Community Safety Bill 2023. On Friday 24 February QATSICPP made a submission to the Economics and Governance Parliamentary Committee in response to the proposed legislative amendments in the Strengthening Community Safety 2023 Bill which was tabled in Parliament last week. Please see our submission here.
QATSICPP express concern and highlights alternatives regarding proposed Youth Justice reforms. This week QATSICPP made our submission to the Queensland Government’s Stronger Laws consultation. This consultation is about a range of proposed changes to the Queensland youth justice system (including increasing penalties and building new detention centres), announced in the wake of a number of…
