What is the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian?
The Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (the Children’s Commission) is an organisation that promotes and protects the rights, interests and wellbeing of all Queenslanders under 18. The Children’s Commission is independent, and its decisions are not influenced by any government department or other agency. The Children’s Commission has many functions, including: • monitoring and reviewing laws, policies and practices impacting on services provided to children and young people • running a statewide Community Visitor Program for children and young people in alternative care, including foster care • receiving and investigating complaints about services to children and young people known to the Department of Child Safety • maintaining the Child Death Register, administering the Child Death Case Review Committee and researching child deaths • researching issues impacting the safety and wellbeing of children and young people • promoting laws, policies and practices that
