The laws come after revelations children were being locked up"like animals"in police watchhouses in Queensland.
Several allegations of misusing Child Safety data have been referred to Queensland's crime watchdog.
Some police officers have been taking kids home to avoid leaving them languishing in watchhouses. A senior cop has asked what happens next.
The Palaszczuk government has faced harsh criticism over a youth detention crisis,which has seen young accused offenders languish in watchhouses.
It comes more than a year after the transition of 17-year-olds out of the adult justice system in Queensland.
It took 30 years for one Queenslander to decide again to track down her birth father and now she has four half-brothers.
After young people rioted at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre,some were locked up in rooms alone with no toilet,running water or bed for 10 days.
A new campaign is calling for people to offer safe and loving homes to some of Queensland's most vulnerable children.
Staff at the Queensland University of Technology will be able to access up to 20 days of paid leave to deal with their own domestic violence situation or to support a family member.
Adult adoption has been compared with the issue of same-sex marriage.
Juveniles locked up in youth detention are almost guaranteed to reoffend,Queensland's Youth Safety Minister Di Farmer says.