This is the Commission’s eighth annual report analysing the deaths of children and young people in Queensland focusing on the circumstances and risk factors surrounding external (non-natural) causes of death. The Commission’s Queensland Child Death Register now holds data in relation to 4,074 Queensland children and young people who have died since 1 January 2004...

This report collates data from a range of sources to provide a contemporary representation of the status of children and young people in Queensland. This report shows that children and young people in Queensland are faring well overall. They are generally healthy, educational participation and retention is improving, mortality rates continue to decline and offending...

Little evidence has been produced on the influence of housing on children’s development in Australia. This study, relying on LSAC 2004 and 2008 data, begins to fill this gap by examining the association between residential mobility, unstable housing tenure and housing stress on children’s cognitive development and social-emotional functioning. Previous research indicates that parental relationship...

This strategy document represents the Australian government’s commitment to Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory to work with them over the next ten years to drive positive change.

Considerable work has been undertaken over several years to establish primary schools as community hubs in the City of Hume through the Hubs Strategy Group for the Hume Communities for Children Initiative and, more recently, the Supporting Parents Developing Children project. This work has highlighted the need for a primary school community hub toolkit. The...