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Implementation Update 3 - Public Trustee reforms (March 2024)

Three years on from the tabling of this report in the Queensland Parliament, the Public Advocate has released a third implementation update, monitoring progress on 32 reform recommendations.

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2022-23 Annual Report has been tabled (March 2024)

The 2022-23 Annual Report was tabled in the Queensland Parliament on 4 May 2024.

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‘Safe, Secure and Affordable’? The need for an inquiry into supported accommodation in Queensland (September 2023)

The Public Advocate has released a report for Government calling for a Parliamentary Inquiry into the provision and regulation of safe and affordable supported accommodation for vulnerable Queenslanders.

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Adult Safeguarding Forum a huge success! (March 2023)

More than 120 people attended an adult safeguarding forum at Parliament House on 9 March 2023.

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Adult Safeguarding in Queensland, Volume 2: Reform recommendations (December 2022)

The Public Advocate has released the second report on adult safeguarding in Queensland.

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Public Accountability, Private Lives: Reconsidering the Queensland guardianship system's confidentiality requirements (August 2022)

The Public Advocate has released a report considering the confidentiality requirements within the guardianship system.

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Better pathways: Improving Queensland's acute mental health system (August 2022)

The Public Advocate has recently completed a review of the public acute mental health system in Queensland.

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