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QATSICPP Statement – Recent legislation introduced to Queensland Parliament re: detaining children in adult watch houses and correctional facilities

Advocacy, News

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…

Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) logo representing child protection and family wellbeing in Queensland

170+ Sector staff join QATSICPP’s first Knowledge Bites webinar

News

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…

Response to Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC’s) recommendation to establish a national inquiry into child protection laws and processes affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Advocacy

The following document details a response to Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC’s) recommendation to establish a national inquiry into child protection laws and processes affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The purpose of this brief is to present the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak’s (QATSICPP’s) response to the Australian Law…