22 Feb, 2019
Changes to Legal Aid Queensland’s grants of aid, professional fees and means tests are now effective. Grants of aid for child protection matters have been redesigned to better align to court processes. From February onward, the standard counsel preparation fee...
22 Feb, 2019
The Secretariat for the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service has released a consultation paper seeking to answer the system level question “What is known about systems that enable the ‘public health approach’ to protecting children?” as...
22 Feb, 2019
Join friends and colleagues for a special fundraiser screening of Backtrack Boys – a movie benefit night to support the education, policy and advocacy work of Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation in Queensland (ANTaR Qld). Backtrack Boys is a powerful...
15 Feb, 2019
This week new laws were introduced into State Parliament to strengthen the sentencing of those found guilty of an offence relating to the murder or manslaughter of a child. In keeping with recommendations made by the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council, the new...
15 Feb, 2019
Wednesday, 13th February 2019 marked eleven years since Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally acknowledged and apologised for the Australian government’s forced child removal policies in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The Apology opened the door...
