This report overviews the purpose, scope, design and administration of the Commission’s fourth Views of Young People in Residential Care Survey, conducted across Queensland in 2012. It also presents findings about the characteristics, circumstances and self-identified needs of young people who participated in the survey and their responses to a selection of questions relevant to...

The Royal Commission has released its fourth issues paper, and is seeking submissions from interested individuals and government and non-government organisations about preventing sexual abuse of children in out-of-home care.

This paper explores the educational experiences of children and young people living in foster care in Queensland. Findings are drawn from the responses of 845 children and 1180 young people to the 2011 Views of Children and Young People in Foster Care survey, which is a rich source of information about children’s and young people’s...

The Commission has released the third in a series of reports detailing findings of its latest surveys of young people in residential care. These are anonymous surveys of young people in residential care conducted across Queensland by the Commission on a regular basis as part of its Views survey series. The survey is one of...

This survey was designed to provide a reference point for how the out-of-home care system is faring in 2013 from the point of view of the children and young people living in it.