Queensland’s Commission of Inquiry into child protection makes 52 recommendations aimed at overhauling the out-of-home care system, with a central change involving residential care. Multiple reports state the inquiry results in plans to remove children under five from residential care settings. The reviews are described as responses to findings that the child protection system is not functioning effectively, prompting significant reform. Beyond the residential care change, the recommendations are reported to cover a range of issues including improvements to child safety arrangements, broader reforms to out-of-home care, and changes relating to adoption access. While the outlets highlight the urgency and scale of the findings, they agree on the direction of the reforms: children under five are expected to be shifted away from residential care following the publication of the Commission of Inquiry’s recommendations. The reports collectively indicate the Queensland Government is preparing to implement the recommendations across multiple aspects of the system rather than focusing only on residential care.