The Public Advocate QLD

The Public Advocate undertakes systemic advocacy aimed at protecting and promoting the rights and interests of Queensland adults with impaired decision-making capacity. The Public Advocate focuses on influencing and improving the systems that impact on people with impaired decision-making ability, including the legislative, policy and service aspects of those systems.

The Public Advocate works on behalf of adults with impaired decision-making capacity to:

• promote and protect their rights, including protecting them from neglect, exploitation, and abuse;

• encourage the development of services and programs to help them reach the greatest degree of autonomy; and

• promote, monitor, and review the provision of services to them.

What the Public Advocate does:

• monitors the impact of legislation, policies, programs, and services on adults with impaired decision-making capacity

• advocates at a systemic level to influence the design, development, implementation and reform of legislation, policies, programs, and practices

• conducts research and analysis to inform systemic advocacy activities

• engages and works collaboratively with government, non-government and community stakeholders and policymakers

• identifies innovative and effective strategies to address systemic gaps and problems

• publishes reports on key issues impacting on people with impaired decision-making capacity