Queensland Parliament’s Education, Arts and Communities Committee is currently conducting an Inquiry into Elder Abuse in Queensland, with the committee’s broad terms of reference extending to consider ‘opportunities to improve responses to elder abuse in Queensland, within the government, broader community, non-government, and private sectors’.
ADA Law, The Public Advocate and Caxton Legal Centre have published this article in the Queensland Law Society Proctor which outlines the three priorities we see for elder abuse reform.
- The creation of a stand-alone adult safeguarding agency.
- The development of clear governance arrangements between that agency and existing legal, advocacy and support services.
- The development of a robust Queensland plan to prevent and address the abuse of older Queenslanders.
Read the full article here.
