Parents' rights

Survey for parents with Child safety experience

Parents’ voices count. Make yours heard.

Parents with Child Safety experience in the last 5 years in Queensland are invited to take a survey to have their say.

The survey is anonymous — you cannot be identified. It asks questions about your experience.

An independent group called the Social Research Centre (SRC) is running the survey. They are not allowed to share your individual survey answers with Child Safety. They will collect the survey information and present the report.

The survey is a collaboration between:

• Family Inclusion Network, including parents with Child Safety experience
• Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak
• Child Safety

Your voice matters. The survey information will be used to improve things for parents.
The survey closes 31 May 2025.

To take the survey, you will be redirected to the SRC website.

Charter of rights

Families have the primary responsibility for the upbringing, protection and development of their children.

For the most part, the law allows parents to bring up their children according to their own values and beliefs. This means that parents have the right to make decisions about their child or young person's upbringing without interference unless a parent's action or inaction causes harm or places their child at risk of harm.

Parents have the right to seek legal advice at any stage of our department's intervention. Parents also have the right to:

• be told about allegations of harm and the outcome of assessments
• participate in decision making
• privacy and confidentiality
• access documents about their own personal affairs through our Right to Information, Information Privacy and Screening Branch, including documents about their private life, medical records, family or domestic relationships, income, assets or financial records.