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This week on Radio Reversal, Marissa is in the studio sharing an interview with Dr Lenine Bourke, a Systems Advocate with Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion (QAI) about the Right to Learn campaign. QAI is part of a coalition of community organisations that have been advocating for changes to address the disproportionately high numbers of children with disabilities, First Nations children, and children in out-of-home care who are being excluded from school in Queensland through suspensions and other disciplinary action. The campaign advocates for suspensions to be used as a last resort, as outlined in recommendation 7.2 of the Disability Royal Commission.
You can read more about the Right to Learn campaign on the campaign website. You can also watch QAI’s webinar for the campaign on Youtube, Solutions Instead of Suspensions: What’s already working in Qld schools?.
For more information about this issue and the trends in Queensland, you can check out these resources:
Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children' s Commissioner, Include me, don’t exclude me. The experiences of children and young people who have been suspended or excluded from Queensland state schools (2025).
Queensland Family and Child Commission, Beyond behaviour: Extending the analysis of school disciplinary absences in Queensland state schools (2026)
Image credit: Right to Learn campaign