In this final sitting week of the current parliament, MPs are giving consideration to changes to child protection laws recommended by the Royal Commission. 

Unfortunately, the proposed legislation does not address the recommendation for the introduction of Position of Authority offences that prohibit relationships between students and school staff even where they are consensual. 

QCEC has written to the Attorney-General several times about this issue advocating for inclusion of these offences in the bill and News Corp media outlets this week provided some coverage of the issue.  

An opinion article published on the QCEC website explains in more detail why we believe legislation needs to be enacted and we will continue to advocate for it with all political parties. 

Read the article here.