Agency and Organisation submissions

The Commission received a number of submissions from agencies and organisations providing information about matters within the terms of reference.

Where necessary, redactions have been made to protect confidential information or the privacy of individuals.

You can view an agency or organisation's submission by clicking on the link below.

Submissions will be published periodically.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service dated 28 August 2025 (PDF, 3.3 MB)

Act for Kids dated 25 August 2025 (PDF, 722.1 KB)

Adoptee Rights Australia dated 24 March 2026 (PDF, 225.2 KB)

Adopt Change dated 30 July 2025 (PDF, 86.6 KB)

Aletha Projects dated 09 March 2026 (PDF, 5.2 MB)

Anglicare Victoria dated 06 February 2026 (PDF, 537.5 KB)

Association for Adoptees dated 18 October 2025 (PDF, 13.9 MB)

Australian Association of Social Workers dated 07 August 2025 (PDF, 548.9 KB)

Australian Association of Social Workers dated 25 August 2025 (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Australian Association of Social Workers dated 23 January 2026 (PDF, 2.6 MB)

Australian Association for Psychologists Incorporated dated 1 August 2025 (PDF, 522.9 KB)

Benevolent Society dated 24 March 2026 (PDF, 357.1 KB)

Blue Skies dated 27 March 2026 (PDF, 915.6 KB)

Cairns Regional Council 25 August 2025 (PDF, 510.4 KB)

Cape York Institute dated 13 April 2026 (PDF, 3.7 MB)

Cape York Institute supplementary dated 08 May 2026 (PDF, 410.0 KB)

Change for Youth Foundation dated 27 March 2026 (PDF, 340.7 KB)

Community Hubs Australia dated 14 January 2026 (PDF, 1.0 MB)

Community Living Association dated 13 March 2026 (PDF, 28.3 MB)

Community Living Association dated  27 March 2026 (PDF, 1.7 MB)

Council on the Ageing dated 10 March 2026 (PDF, 177.8 KB)

CREATE Foundation dated 31July 2025 (PDF, 6.8 MB)

CREATE Foundation dated 22 August 2025 (PDF, 272.4 KB)

CREATE Foundation dated 25 September 2025 (PDF, 316.2 KB)

CREATE Foundation dated 27 November 2025 (PDF, 304.7 KB)

CREATE Foundation dated 12 March 2026 (PDF, 925.9 KB)

Eden Community Staffing Solutions dated 28 March 2026 (PDF, 197.2 KB)

Family Inclusion Network dated 21 January 2026 (PDF, 44.7 MB)

Family Inclusion Network dated 29 March 2026 (PDF, 545.4 KB)

Family Inclusion Network dated 29 March 2026 (PDF, 302.7 KB)

Family Voice Australia dated 5 September 2025 (PDF, 229.0 KB)

Inala Community House dated 12 March 2026 (PDF, 88.4 KB)

Institute for Urban Indigenous Health dated 29 March 2026 (PDF, 878.4 KB)

Institute for Urban Indigenous Health dated 29 March 2026 (PDF, 666.0 KB)

Institute for Urban Indigenous Health dated 29 March 2026 (PDF, 897.0 KB)

Jigsaw Queensland dated 20 November 2025 (PDF, 322.6 KB)

Justice Reform Initiative dated 27 January 2026 (PDF, 494.8 KB)

Karakan dated 27 March 2026 (PDF, 457.4 KB)

Legal Aid Queensland dated 01 August 2025
(PDF, 2.9 MB)

Legal Aid Queensland dated 12 December 2025
(PDF, 1.6 MB)

Legal Aid Queensland dated 23 January 2026 (PDF, 8.1 MB)

Lighthouse Foundation dated 08 January 2026 (PDF, 306.0 KB)

Logan Together dated 14 April 2026 (PDF, 138.3 KB)

Manawise Care dated 31 July 2025 (PDF, 437.5 KB)

Micah Projects dated 29 March 2026 (PDF, 1.7 MB)

Multicultural Response to Sexual Violence Working Group dated 08 January 2026 (PDF, 399.3 KB)

National Organisation of FASD (NOFASD) Australia dated 31 October 2025 (PDF, 406.7 KB)

National Therapeutic Residential Care Alliance dated 23 January 2026 (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Commissioner dated 01 August 2025 (PDF, 3.6 MB)

Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Commissioner dated 29 August 2025 (PDF, 8.8 MB)

Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Commissioner dated 23 January 2026 (PDF, 7.7 MB)

Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Commissioner dated 9 February 2026 (PDF, 5.3 MB)

Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Commissioner dated 27 March 2026 (PDF, 451.5 KB)

Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Commissioner dated 30 March 2026 (PDF, 594.9 KB)

Office of the Information Commissioner dated 19 December 2025 (PDF, 341.6 KB)

Office of the Public Advocate dated 30 July 2025 (PDF, 13.2 MB)

Office of the Public Guardian dated 22 September 2025 (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Office of the Public Guardian dated 06 February 2026 (PDF, 620.4 KB)

Office of Public Guardian dated 27 March 2026 (PDF, 942.6 KB)

Office of Public Guardian dated 27 March 2026 (PDF, 942.6 KB)

Office of the Queensland Ombudsman dated 24 March 2026 (PDF, 309.9 KB)

Office of the Victims' Commissioner dated 10 March 2026 (PDF, 1.1 MB)

OzChild dated 25 August 2025 (PDF, 2.6 MB)

OzChild dated 14 November 2025 (PDF, 9.9 MB)

OzChild dated 23 January 2026 (PDF, 10.8 MB)

PeakCare dated 23 January 2026 (PDF, 13.1 MB)

PeakCare dated 29 March 2026 (PDF, 4.7 MB)

Progressive Youth Consultancy dated 10 March 2026 (PDF, 376.7 KB)

Project Paradigm dated 5 August 2025 (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Project Paradigm dated 27 January 2026 and 04 March 2026 (PDF, 1.0 MB)

Pyjama Foundation dated 19 November 2025 (PDF, 13.2 MB)

QShelter dated 29 March 2026 (PDF, 495.3 KB)

QKP/ARACY dated 30 March 2026 (PDF, 2.0 MB)

Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak dated 24 July 2025 (PDF, 277.2 KB)

Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak dated 01 August 2025 (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak dated 25 August 2025 (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak dated 28 November 2025 (PDF, 894.0 KB)

Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak dated 17 December 2025 (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak dated 05 February 2026 (PDF, 550.5 KB)

Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak dated 30 March 2026
(PDF, 529.3 KB)

Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion dated 27 March 2026 (PDF, 557.9 KB)

Queensland Council of Social Services dated 04 August 2025 (PDF, 335.2 KB)

Queensland Catholic Education Commission dated 19 November 2025 (PDF, 341.3 KB)

Queensland Family and Child Commission dated 30 July 2025 (PDF, 547.7 KB)

Queensland Family and Child Commission dated 25 August 2025 (PDF, 617.5 KB)

Queensland Family and Child Commission date 27 March 2026 (PDF, 4.1 MB)

Queensland Foster and Kinship Care dated 01 August 2025 (PDF, 482.7 KB)

Queensland Foster and Kinship Care dated 21 August 2025 (PDF, 2.8 MB)

Queensland Foster and Kinship Care dated 15 December 2025 (PDF, 15.7 MB)

Queensland Health dated 28 March 2026 (PDF, 1.4 MB)

Queensland Human Rights Commission dated 30 July 2025 (PDF, 2.2 MB)

Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service dated 25 August 2025 (PDF, 1.1 MB)

Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service dated 01 December 2025 (PDF, 2.5 MB)

Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service dated 16 February 2026 (PDF, 307.3 KB)

Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service dated 23 March 2026 2026 (PDF, 6.3 MB)

Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service dated 23 March 2026 (PDF, 5.5 MB)

Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service dated 23 March 2026 (PDF, 2.0 MB)

Queensland Law Society dated 13 March 2026 (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Queensland Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies dated 27 March 2026 (PDF, 2.0 MB)

Queensland Sexual Assault Network dated 25 August 2025 (PDF, 314.3 KB)

Queensland Youth Housing Coalition dated 28 March 2026 (PDF, 4.6 MB)

Queenslanders with Disability Network dated 27 March 2026 (PDF, 368.7 KB)

Royal Australasian College of Physicians dated 01 August 2025 (PDF, 253.7 KB)

Sisters Inside dated 13 August 2025 (PDF, 5.4 MB)

Sisters Inside dated 20 January 2026 (PDF, 746.4 KB)

Social Care Solutions dated 20 March 2026 (PDF, 193.6 KB)

Social Data Analytics dated 18 August 2025 (PDF, 391.3 KB)

SSI dated 28 July 2025 (PDF, 5.0 MB)

StandbyU Foundation dated 22 December 2025 (PDF, 30.2 MB)

The Carer Project dated 30 October 2025 (PDF, 735.8 KB)

The National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect dated 27 October 2025 (PDF, 1.1 MB)

The Public Advocate dated 26 February 2026 (PDF, 203.9 KB)

Thirrili dated 27 March 2026 (PDF, 208.8 KB)

Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Health Services dated 13 March 2026 (PDF, 271.6 KB)

Together Union dated 01 December 2025 (PDF, 20.0 MB)

Together Union dated 06 March 2026 (PDF, 1.6 MB)

Transforming Corrections to Transform Lives dated 01 August 2025 (PDF, 704.9 KB)

Transforming Corrections to Transform lives dated 29 March 2026 (PDF, 151.7 KB)

Triple P - Positive Parenting Program dated 29 March 2026 (PDF, 441.4 KB)

Volunteering Queensland dated 13 March 2026 (PDF, 453.6 KB)

Well life Services dated 30 October 2025 (PDF, 267.6 KB)

Women's Legal Service Queensland dated 28 November 2025 (PDF, 355.0 KB)

YFS dated 31 July 2025 (PDF, 599.0 KB)

YFS dated 22 January 2026 (PDF, 691.0 KB)

YFS dated 25 March 2026 (PDF, 569.2 KB)

Youth Advocacy Centre dated 23 January 2026 (PDF, 3.7 MB)

Youth and Families Association of Pine Rivers Incorporated dated 16 August 2025 (PDF, 880.4 KB)

Youth Empowered Towards Independence (YETI) dated 27 March 2026 (PDF, 490.2 KB)

Youth Law Australia dated 30 January 2026 (PDF, 499.6 KB)