QATSICPP Response to Strengthening Community Safety Bill 2023

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 Submission to Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability

The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak’s submission highlights the following critical concerns: Cultural capability of the Health and Child Protection workforce A lack of focus on Children’s Rights The need for development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander models Cumulative impact of disadvantage The submission calls for improved responses for Aboriginal…

QATSICPP Submission to Amend the Adoption Act 2009 and Child Protection Act 1999

The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the response to Child Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill on behalf of the Minister for Child Safety, Youth and Women’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Stakeholder Group (Stakeholder Group) and the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and…

QATSICPP Submission #1 Legislative Reform Discussion Paper

The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of a new legislative framework to support families and protect children in Queensland. As the peak body representing the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families, we are acutely aware that legislative…