The Department of Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Multiculturalism was created in November 2024 following a state election. The Community and Personal Histories team within the Department helps Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to trace their personal and family histories, and can help people to use records from Queensland Missions for…
The Department of Treaty, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Communities and the Arts was created in May 2023 when the Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships was renamed. Following an election in November 2024, the Department was renamed to the Department of Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
The Department of Youth Justice and Victim Support was created following an election in November 2024, where the Department of Youth Justice was renamed. The Department runs youth detention centres in Queensland, and authorises the Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety to provide access to youth justice records through its Right to…
The Department of Youth Justice was created in May 2023 when the function of youth justice was moved from the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs and into the Department of Youth Justice, Employment, Small Business and Training. By December 2023, it was known as the Department of Youth Justice and had been…
The Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety was created following a state election in November 2024. The Department holds records relevant to people who grew up in State institutions or as wards of the State and operates the Time in Care Information Access Service (TICIAS) through Right to Information. The TICIAS enables…
The Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services was created in May 2023 when the function of youth justice was moved out of the former Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs. The Department had responsibility for providing access to historical child welfare records as well as overseeing current child safety issues. Following…
The Human Rights Commission, ACT oversees issues of human rights and justice in the ACT, including ensuring that ACT government agencies are complying with human rights. As part of this work, it undertook an audit into the Quamby Youth Detention Centre in 2005.
The Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships was established in late 2020. It amalgamated the recently abolished Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships with the Seniors and Disability Services functions of the former Department of Communities, Disability Services and Seniors. In May 2023, the Department of Seniors,…
The Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships was established in 2015. It replaced the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs Department. The Department administered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy, rights and culture. Within the Department, the Community and Personal Histories team helped people to trace their personal and family history,…
The Department for Education, Children and Young People was established on 1 October 2022. The Department is responsible for the facilitation of out of home care, child welfare, and custodial youth justice services in Tasmania. It also runs the Adoptions and Permanency Services, which provides suppport and records access services for Care Leavers.
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