Queensland’s housing department failed to recognise or act on repeated warning signs that two profoundly disabled boys were ...

Advocates have warned without urgent intervention, including young people facing ongoing barriers for help, this devastating trend would continue. Preliminary data from the Queensland Family and Child ...

A Queensland Child Death Review Board 10-month review found up to five missed opportunities where one of Australia's worst paedophiles could have been ...

First Nations leaders have issued an extraordinary statement, saying they fear the Queensland government is trying to "destroy" Indigenous communities by forcibly transferring children from their ...

The survey of more than 300 child safety staff, conducted by the Together union and obtained by The Courier-Mail, has revealed a litany of reports of child safety officers unable to navigate the Unify ...

The "drastic" act of removing newborn babies from their mothers and placing them into the care of the state has been one issue under the spotlight as an inquiry into Queensland's child safety system ...

A review of Queensland's child protection system, which focused on the offending of notorious paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith, has been released. The review found there were multiple times when ...

Earlier in my career I worked in community mental health, disability services and statutory child protection. Special interests: ADHD, Anxiety & Mood Disorders, Disordered eating & body image concerns ...

Michelle Newcomb does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...