The Indigenous Child Placement Principle was embedded in section 83 of the Child Protection Act 1999 to prescribe a process that must be followed by the Department of Communities when making out-of-home care placement decisions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, to help maintain their connection to family, community and culture...

This short paper focuses on understanding suicidal intent: how it is communicated and to whom, what it can mean for young people at risk of suicide, and that any threat of suicide needs to be taken seriously. The reasons why children and young people take their own lives are complex. Each death is unique and...

The aim, through collecting data, analysing it and converting it to evidence about outcomes, is to positively influence the service system, so that it is able to better meet the needs of the children and young people who depend on it. Young people in contact with the youth justice system are among Queensland’s most vulnerable...

Giving young people the opportunity to share their views and experiences of detention and the youth justice system, this survey considers matters that affect their safety and wellbeing.

The Snapshot 2010 statistical report, the eighth in the series, is a collation of relevant information on the key domains of health and wellbeing, and the key issues affecting children and young people, particularly the most vulnerable in our society. Snapshot continues to evolve through the inclusion of emergent issues where new data collections become...