In September 2013, the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) published a report of an investigation it had conducted into alleged misconduct at the University of Queensland. The misconduct concerned a decision in December 2010 that a school leaver who did not satisfy the university’s entrance requirements should receive an offer to enrol in Medicine which...

Introduction: This report gives priority to the needs and interests of young people who are in detained in detention centres in Queensland, as prescribed under the Commission’s current functions including monitoring and reviewing laws, policies and practices that relate to the delivery of services to children and young people. The Commission’s monitoring of, and advocacy...

Background: Consideration of the development of the Arts for all Queenslanders strategy commenced in 2012 with Arts Queensland’s analysis of evaluation, research and progress reports of previous arts and cultural plans and strategies including: the Arts and Cultural Sector Plan (2010–2013), the Regional Arts and Culture Strategy (2010–2014), the Children, Young People and the Arts...

This review finds that the police and emergency services portfolio of agencies in Queensland is not operating efficiently and has some endemic challenges particularly in the areas of information and communication technology and human resources, as well as demand management and service delivery.

Snapshot 2013, the 11th in the Commission’s Snapshot series, draws together data from a wide range of sources to provide a contemporary representation of the health, safety and wellbeing of children and young people in Queensland. Where possible, data are supported by robust trend analyses to provide a longitudinal evidence base from which facts can...