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Failure to properly implement child placement principle drives Queensland's out-of-home care numbers
Queensland's child protection reforms have failed to reduce the over-representat...
Dechlan Brennan 29 May 2026
Queensland systems failing vulnerable young people in child protection, youth justice
Systems across Queensland are continuing to fail vulnerable children, the state'...
Dechlan Brennan 19 Mar 2026
Exclusive: Human rights of Queensland children 'decimated' by successive governments
This is the second part of National Indigenous Times' analysis on human rights i...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Oct 2025
Indigenous children’s commissioner needs legal powers to drive reform, advocates say
With Indigenous children still vastly overrepresented in child protection and yo...
Analysis: Queensland’s human rights crisis — politics, punishment and the impact on Indigenous children
When Queensland's Attorney-General, Deb Frecklington, told a meeting of attorney...
Dechlan Brennan 8 Oct 2025
Young, Black and Proud scholarships showcase talents of young mob in Queensland

Almost 70 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people across Queensland are being celebrated this year through the Young, Black and Proud Scholarship program — a growing initiative that h...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 2, 2025
2025 Young, Black and Proud scholarships now open

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in Queensland can now apply for up to $10,000 in scholarship funding to support their goals in education, sport, or the arts.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 9, 2025
First Nations leaders slam Queensland government's harm of children in youth justice, child protection systems

First Nations leaders fear the Queensland government is trying to "destroy" First Nations youth and families by intentionally removing Indigenous children.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 22, 2025
PM dodges calls for federal support of UN intervention in NT prison system

The Prime Minister has batted away the need for UN intervention in the Northern Territory justice system, despite calls from a senior Indigenous MP.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 8, 2025
“In what other first world country, do we see children dying in custody?” Youth justice hearings open in Canberra

Evidence, rather than "uninformed or deliberately misconstrued narratives," is needed to drive policy around youth justice, a senate hearing has been told.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 3, 2025
Despite evidence of ineffectiveness, the jailing of Indigenous children continues to rise

27 Indigenous children attempted self-harm in prison in the last financial year, new data has revealed. Furthermore, Australia is spending more than a billion dollars on imprisoning children, with 460...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 30, 2025
50% increase in children under 14 being housed in Queensland adult watch houses

The number of children aged 13 or under being housed in Queensland watch houses has increased 50 per cent in the past 12 months. The statistics form part of a report tabled by the Office of the Public...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 8, 2025
Ending Queensland Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry is divisive, Indigenous Human Rights Commissioner says

The Queensland Government's decision to abolish the state's truth-telling inquiry is a major step backwards for First Nations rights, the First Nations Human Rights Commissioner has said.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 1, 2024
Young, Black and Proud Scholarship opens for young First Nations Queenslanders

A scholarship worth $5000 encouraging First Nations young people to reach their full potential in their chosen field has been launched for 2024.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 24, 2024
Advocates call for an end to children being kept in adult watch houses after latest shocking footage

The fall out into revelations a First Nations 17-year-old was struck with a baton by police at the Richlands watch house in Brisbane have continued to reverberate, with police behaviour being explicit...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 10, 2024
New Queensland 'community safety plan' wont make community safer, advocates warn

A new $1.28 billion 'community safety plan' announced by the Queensland government won't make the state any safer according to advocates, who argue continually investing in prisons and policing is a "...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 1, 2024
Evidence around removing 'detention of children as a last resort' unclear, interim report finds

An interim draft report on youth justice in Queensland has said evidence around removing detention as a last resort is unclear, as chaos reigned in State Parliament.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 18, 2024
More than 1100 children charged under new bail laws in Queensland

More than 1100 children and young people have been arrested and charged in Queensland through new youth bail laws, in a revelation that further undermines the state's commitment to closing the gap.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 9, 2024
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