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…
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. 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…
This week QATSICPP releases Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children in the Queensland Child Protection System 19/20 Data Summary. This document has been developed by drawing together relevant publicly available data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs about our children’s involvement with different…
New Ways for Our Families: QATSICPP’s first collaborative research report is now available Over the past year the QATSICPP Team been working with community researchers across 8 (eight) sites conducting community research on the impacts of domestic and family violence on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people. On 7 April 2022 ANROWS…
On 1 September 2021, Katter’s Australia Party MP Mr Robbie Katter, introduced the Working with Children (Indigenous Communities) Amendment Bill 2021 (the Bill) and referred it to the Legal Affairs and Safety Committee (the committee) for detailed consideration. The objectives of the Bill are to provide a new Blue Card framework that aims to empower…
On 15 September 2021, Queensland Greens MP Michael Berkman introduced the Criminal Law (Raising the Age of Responsibility) Amendment Bill 2021 (Bill) into the Queensland Parliament. The Queensland Community Support and Services Committee is now conducting an Inquiry into the proposed bill. The objective of the Bill is to ensure children under 14 years of…
