Young people and children

About the Commission

The Commission’s job is to look into problems in the child safety system. The Commission will also look at how to make the system better, to keep Queensland children safer.

We want to hear directly from young people and children who have been in out-of-home care, or are in care now. This includes if you are or have been in:

  • foster care
  • kinship care
  • residential care
  • any other out-of-home care.

You can tell us about your own story of being in care. You can also tell us about problems with the child safety system that you know about.

We also want to hear from you if you are a young person and you are a foster carer or kinship carer for someone else.

How to contact us

If you want to share your story and information with the Commission, you can do this in a few different ways:

If you're not sure what you want to say, you can fill out our survey.

To help you, the survey has questions about child safety and about being in care. You don't have to answer all the questions. You can tell us as much or as little as you want.

The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete.

Fill out the survey

You can email us directly at info@childsafetyinquiry.qld.gov.au to share your story.

In your email, please tell us how old you are, and what type of care you are in.

You can send us a letter by mail.

Write down what you want to tell us, then seal it in an envelope and address it to us at:

Commission of Inquiry
Child Safety System
Reply Paid 89453
Brisbane  QLD  4000

You can mail it to us from your nearest Post Office or post box.

You do not have to pay for postage costs when using this address.

You can send us a message on:

In your message, you can include photos, videos, or voice recordings. If there is another person in your photo or recording, make sure that person has agreed to let you send it to us.

We don't check our Direct Messages every day. Once we do read your message, we will let you know if we need more information.

You may find it easier to talk about your experience, instead of writing it down.

You can use your phone or another device to record yourself speaking. Save your voice recording and then you can:

You may find it easier to talk about your experience, instead of writing it down.

You can use your phone or another device to make a video recording. You can film yourself speaking, or film anything else you want us to understand about being in care.

If there is another person in your video, make sure that person has agreed to let you send the video to us.

Save your video, and then you can:

Sometimes it's hard to put your feelings into words.

You can make a drawing, painting, photo, or any other sort of picture that shares what you want to say or how you feel.

Once you have finished, you can take a photo of your artwork and:

You can also send your artwork to us by mail. Seal it in an envelope and address it to us at:

Submissions
Commission of the Inquiry into the Child Safety System
GPO Box 783
Brisbane  QLD  4000

You can mail it to us from your nearest Post Office or post box.

You can use our online submission form to share your story with us.

The form has lots of questions to help you. There is also a section to write whatever you want to share with us about being in care.

Fill out the submission form

What we do with your information

Privacy statement

The Commission of Inquiry into the Child Safety System is collecting your personal details. This includes your name, email, phone number and your opinions about the child safety system that you share with us.

We use this information to understand problems with the system, and to suggest ways to make the system better. We will also write a report about the problems and our suggested solutions.

We will only share your personal details if we are worried that you:

  • have been hurt
  • are being hurt
  • are not safe.

You don't have to give us your personal details. If you choose not to give us your details, we won't be able to contact you if you want us to.

If you have questions about your personal information or how we use it, you or your support person can contact us at info@childsafetyinquiry.qld.gov.au.

You can find our full privacy policy at https://www.justice.qld.gov.au/legals/privacy. This policy explains how you can complain about how we have used your information.

Meet with the Commission in Toowoomba

The Commission is having a Youth Voices meetup and will be in Toowoomba on Monday 23 February, 2026 to hear directly from children and young people who are currently or have recently been in out-of-home care or maybe also have experience with the youth justice system.

The meetup is part of the Commission's investigations into Queensland's child safety system and is open to all children and young people who are willing to share about their time in care, with the team from the Commission, including:
* foster care
* kinship care
* residential care
* any other out-of-home care
* youth justice system

Please email us if you would like to attend this session and we will provide you with further information.

This will be a private group session and other members of the public will not be able to attend or listen to what you say.

Last updated: February 2026