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Additional gap cost payments for early childhood education and care announced
The Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services (DCCSDS) is investing in a new early childhood education and care…

A Human Rights Act for Queensland
Human rights legislation is an essential blueprint for respecting and protecting the rights of individuals. In October last year, the Palaszczuk…

Over 1,000 Voices – Residential care staff survey launched
Over 1,000 Voices – Residential care staff survey, the largest survey of residential care staff yet to be undertaken in…

CREATE Foundation 2017 Conference registrations now open
Registrations for CREATE Foundation‘s 2017 Conference – Voices in Action: empowering young people for positive change are now open. The Conference…

Royal Commission releases research paper on grooming in institutional contexts
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has released a research paper: Grooming and child sexual abuse…

Advancing social work research project
Quality research of all types is critical to inform policies, program design and implementation, and innovative ways of working in…

The next in the series of CPPAQ Practice Papers – Statute of Limitations in Child Sex Abuse Matters – to be delivered on 28 March 2017
Child Protection Practitioners Association of Queensland (CPPAQ) are delivering the next in their series of practice papers on Tuesday, 28 March…

Phase two roll-out of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Wellbeing services
The Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services will roll out phase two of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…

Queensland Family and Child Commission releases discussion paper, The minimum age of criminal responsibility in Queensland
In the lead up to Child Protection Week 2016, PeakCare Members were urged to display and disseminate this flyer ….