News and updates

News

• Inaugural commissioner re-appointed to lead world first traditional child rearing practices (6 November 2025)

Media statements

• Appointment of Commissioner (Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa) (published Wednesday, 12 October 2022 at 01:12 PM)
• Budget invests in cultures and better outcomes for First Nations people (published Tuesday, 21 June 2022 at 04:05 PM)
• Thirty years on from Mabo, truth telling recognises Torres Strait Islander traditions (published Friday, 03 June 2022 at 12:06 PM)
• Torres Strait Islander tradition recognised in world-first achievement (published Wednesday, 01 December 2021 at 12:06 PM)
• Queensland achieves nation-leading recognition of Torres Strait Islander traditional child rearing practice (published Tuesday, 07 September 2021 at 05:00 AM)
• Commissioner Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa announced (published Thursday, 17 June 2021 at 04:24 PM)
• Palaszczuk Government passes Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa Act 2020 (published Tuesday, 08 September 2020 at 07:38 PM)
• Torres Strait Islander families a step closer to legal recognition (published Thursday, 16 July 2020 at 03:36 PM)
• Torres Strait child rearing practices to be enshrined in law (published Friday, 12 October 2018 at 12:53 PM)