College of Business, Law and Governance Events Law Seminar Series Rethinking Child Safety in QLD

Rethinking Child Safety in QLD

With Kulumba Kiyingi, Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS)

Law Seminar Series - Child Safety Reform

Thursday 6 November 2025, 11.00am – 12.00pm
Where: Online & JCU Cairns, Nguma-bada Campus, Smithfield

Join QIFVLS Senior Policy Officer Kulumba Kiyingi for a compelling presentation on the urgent need for reform in Queensland’s child protection system, in light of the newly announced Commission of Inquiry into Child Safety. Drawing on the firsthand insights of legal and case management staff working across 90+ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, this seminar will explore the systemic drivers behind the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in care. With a focus on the interconnected impacts of domestic violence, housing, justice, health and education, Kulumba will outline QIFVLS’ culturally safe, trauma-informed recommendations for meaningful change, shifting the system from one of removal to one of restoration, through true community partnership and legislative reform.

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Kulumba Kiyingi is the Senior Policy Officer at the Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS). Born on Gadigal lands (Camperdown, Sydney) to Ugandan parents, Kulumba was raised in Papua New Guinea and Townsville after his parents sought new opportunities following civil wars in Uganda in the 1970s and 1980s. Kulumba graduated with dual degrees in Business and Law from the University of Queensland in 2005 and was admitted to practise as a solicitor in 2007. Kulumba has practised law in Queensland and Victoria, advocating for both defendants and victim-survivors of violence. As a Senior Policy Officer, Kulumba works collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community-Controlled Organisations, government and community stakeholders to advocate for First Nations victim-survivors of family violence. As an Australian with a strong cultural upbringing as a Muliga (Sheep Clan), a Muganda (ethnicity) and a Ugandan-Australian, Kulumba deeply appreciates and has unwavering admiration for the richness of culture and unbowed resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Australia.

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