A nearly 1,400-page report from a $20 million inquiry finds major failures in Queensland’s child safety system and calls for sweeping reforms. Across coverage, the report is described as recommending broad changes to how vulnerable children are protected and how decisions are made across child safety and related services. The review highlights concerns about current practices in areas including out-of-home care, where children may be placed with carers outside their families. It also calls for changes to adoption processes, described in reporting as controversial, indicating that the inquiry’s proposals would alter how adoption is handled. The articles agree that the scale of the recommendations reflects the seriousness of the issues identified, and that the report seeks system-wide overhauls rather than incremental adjustments. While the specific recommendations are not detailed in the excerpts provided, all sources characterize the inquiry as a comprehensive review that proposes significant changes to improve safety and outcomes for children involved with the system.