Supporting Families

• Background
  • Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry
  • The findings of the Inquiry
  • Queensland Government response
  • Investing in families and children
  • Supporting Families Changing Futures 2019-2023
  • Strategy and action plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families
  • Queensland First Children and Families Board
• Partners in reform
  • Local level alliances
  • Regional Child, Youth and Family Committees
    • Bayside Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
    • Brisbane Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
    • Cairns, Cassowary Coast and Tablelands Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
    • Central Queensland Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
    • Darling Downs Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
    • Gold Coast Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
    • Logan Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
    • Moreton Bay Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
    • Mt Isa Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
    • Sunshine Coast Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
    • Torres Strait Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
    • Townsville Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
    • West Moreton Regional Child, Youth and Family Committee
  • Child Protection Reform Leaders Group
  • Interdepartmental Committee
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• Implementing the reforms
  • Sharing responsibility for children's safety and wellbeing of Queensland children
  • Supporting Queensland families earlier
  • Working better with Queensland families who are in contact with the child protection system
  • Improving care and post-care for Queensland children and young people
  • Meeting the needs and requirements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities
  • Delivering quality services to Queensland children and families through a capable, motivated workforce and client-focused
  • Building an accountable, transparent and cost-effective Queensland system
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3. Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry

On 1 July 2012, the Queensland Government established the Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry to chart a road map for the state’s child protection system for the next decade. The inquiry was a response to a widespread perception that the existing child protection system in Queensland was failing vulnerable children and their families.

The inquiry, led by the Honourable Tim Carmody QC, was asked to review the progress of recommendations made in the 1999 Commission of Inquiry into abuse of children in Queensland institutions and the 2004 Crime and Misconduct Commission of Inquiry Protecting children: an inquiry into the abuse of children in foster care.

The commission was directed to deliver recommendations on:

• reforms to ensure that Queensland’s child protection system achieves the best possible outcomes to protect children and support families
• strategies to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children at all stages of the child protection system, particularly out-of-home care
• any legislative reforms required
• any reforms to improve the current oversight, monitoring and complaints mechanisms for the child protection system.