A new report from the Queensland Family and Child Commission warns the state’s systems are still failing children.
The Queensland Child Rights Report 2025, released last month, found inadequate child protection and an increasingly punitive approach to youth justice were entrenching disadvantage.
The report assessed how well the state’s laws, polices and services were protecting children’s rights in key areas such as youth justice, health and education.
It identified strain in child protection, including rising demand, instability for children in care, and gaps in early family support.
It also highlighted continued over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in child protection, and a growing reliance on enforcement and detention in youth justice policy despite strong evidence that prevention and early intervention were more effective.
Read the report here.
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