Sexual Violence Review Board

A new Sexual Violence Review Board for Queensland

The Queensland Sexual Violence Review Board is a new board, and the first of its kind in Australia. It is part of our commitment to supporting victims of sexual violence. It will identify and review systemic issues relating to the reporting, investigating and prosecution of sexual offences in Queensland.

The board is established under the Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024 . It will:

• review government policy and practices
• provide recommendations about systemic improvements
• oversee the implementation of those recommendations
• meet at least 4 times a year .

Applications are now open and close on Monday 31 March 2025.

Applying for the board

We are looking for people who reflect the social, cultural and linguistic diversity of the Queensland community. We welcome and encourage applications from:

• Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people
• people with a disability
• people who identify as part of the LGBTIQA+ community
• women
• people living in remote and regional Queensland.

Apply for a position on the board if you:

• have professional experience and skills supporting  victims of sexual violence
• have professional experience and skills in dealing with sexual violence in Queensland’s court system
• have lived experience of sexual violence
• are a Torres Strait Islander person and/ or Aboriginal person with lived experience of sexual violence and/ or professional experience and skills supporting First Nations victims of sexual violence.

The board will be chaired the Victims’ Commissioner. Its members will also include:

• the Police Commissioner (or delegate)
• the Director of Public Prosecutions (or delegate)
• public servants with qualifications in forensic medicine and/ or the court system in Queensland.

For further information or to submit an EOI, visit www.luminarypartners.com.au/svr.