Advocacy plays a key part of our work at QATSICPP. As a team, we focus on promoting the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and families while also holding the government to account. We aim to ensure the decision-making processes involved in developing or revising government policies are transparent and documented for our members and communities. You can find our formal advice and policy statements below.
The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) acknowledges the recent announcement of a Commission of Inquiry…
QATSICPP is the Child Protection and Youth Justice Peak Body for Queensland. Along with our 38 member organisations and partners,…
Op-Ed by Garth Morgan, Chief Executive Officer of the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP), Queensland’s…
The upcoming State Election represents an opportunity for all political parties to learn about what works from Aboriginal and Torres…
QATSICPP Statement 18 July 2024 Call to Immediately End the Detention of Children in Watch Houses QATSICPP is deeply distressed…
Joint Statement 10 July 2024 Queensland Youth Justice We support efforts focused on creating safer communities, reducing youth offending and…
QATSICPP submission to Community Safety Bill 2024 The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) is the…
QATSICPP Statement 2 May 2024 Queensland Government Community Safety Plan QATSICPP welcomes the Community Safety Plan launched by the Queensland…
QATSICPP recently made a submission to the development of Queensland Trauma Strategy. The Queensland Mental Health Commission is leading the…
This infographic has been developed by drawing together relevant publicly available data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare…
On September 25th over 40 representatives from QATSICPP member organisations and other community controlled providers across the state came together…
QATSICPP Statement Friday 25 August 2023 Recent legislation introduced to Queensland Parliament re: detaining children in adult watch houses and…
Submission to review of Family and Child Commission Act 2014. QATSICPP recently made a submission to the Department of Justice…
Breaking Cycles Reports. Together with DCYJMA and Family Matters QATSICPP has been partnering to support the development of the first…
QATSICPP Response to Strengthening Community Safety Bill 2023. On Friday 24 February QATSICPP made a submission to the Economics and…
QATSICPP express concern and highlights alternatives regarding proposed Youth Justice reforms. This week QATSICPP made our submission to the Queensland…
This week QATSICPP releases Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children in the Queensland Child Protection System 19/20 Data Summary. This…
New Ways for Our Families: QATSICPP’s first collaborative research report is now available Over the past year the QATSICPP Team…
On 1 September 2021, Katter’s Australia Party MP Mr Robbie Katter, introduced the Working with Children (Indigenous Communities) Amendment Bill…
On 15 September 2021, Queensland Greens MP Michael Berkman introduced the Criminal Law (Raising the Age of Responsibility) Amendment Bill…
We welcome working with the Queensland Government and our respected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and experts on youth justice and child wellbeing…
The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak’s submission highlights the following critical concerns: Cultural capability of the…
The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the response…
The Family Matters Community Resource kits were developed by SNAICC – National Voice for Our Children, in close consultation with Aboriginal…
The purpose of this position statement is to restate the importance of Aboriginal children and young people being raised by…
QATSICPP recognises the significant risk of our participation in various steering committees, advisory groups and related consultative mechanisms might be…
The following document details a response to Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC’s) recommendation to establish a national inquiry into child…
This submission has been prepared by the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP), as the peak…
The following directive advice is from QATSICPP to Child Family and Community Services Design and Commissioning, Department of Child Safety,…
The Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Child Protection Definition and Standards outlined in this document honour the…
The Queensland Government has recognised that the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care will escalate…
The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of…
The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) appreciates the opportunity to provide the Department of Communities,…
This paper outlines the position of the Family Matters Queensland Leaders Group and aims to provide the basis for the…
As part of the Supporting Families Changing Futures reforms, the Queensland Government announced an intention to develop and implement an…
“Like all children, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children have the right to live in safety, free from abuse and…
The Child Placement Principle has a very special meaning to the Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander community. It was a community…
