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2018 Queensland Child Protection Week launch and Award winners
Queensland Child Protection Week (QCPW) launched yesterday with the Awards Ceremony at Parliament House. QCPW officially runs from Sunday, 2nd…
STATE BUDGET 2018-19
On Tuesday 12th June, the State Budget for 2018-19 was announced. In addition to reporting on Government investment in the…
The irony of National Sorry Day 2018
Saturday, 26th May was National Sorry Day, the anniversary of the Bringing Them Home report (1997), which documented the systematic…
Productivity Commission releases reform report
The Productivity Commission report, Introducing Competition and Informed User Choice into Human Services: Reforms to Human Services, was released on…
Got to be kidding…
The call made this week by Dr David Gillespie, Federal Assistant Minister for Children and Families for more white families…
Good news for everyone
The transition of 17 year-old young people to the youth justice system is good news for everyone – young people…
PeakCare’s preliminary response to the Royal Commission’s Final Report
It is now apparent that across many decades, many of society’s institutions failed our children. Our child protection and criminal…
‘Self-silencing’ by not-for-profits
Not-for-profit organisations across the nation have increasingly become engaged in a dynamic of ‘self-silencing’, with demonstrated reluctance to publicly engage…
Family Matters Report 2017 – prepare to be shocked!
A report that should shock all Australians Launched at Parliament House in Canberra on 29 November, the Family Matters Report…