Principal Commissioner, Queensland Family & Child Comission
Luke was appointed as Principal Family and Child Commissioner of Queensland in January 2022. In this role he has led critical reviews of the residential care system, use of watchhouses for young people, and produced significant child death cases. During his early years, Luke’s parents fostered a number of children and the lived experience of his foster brothers and sisters has profoundly shaped the perspectives and passion he brings to his work.
Luke’s career spans more than 20 years across the Commonwealth, New South Wales and Northern Territory governments in the areas of child safety and youth justice reform, research and evidence, integrity, audit, governance and complaints management. He has led critical reforms of systems and their legal frameworks and has extensive experience monitoring the performance of the systems designed to keep children safe and preserve family wellbeing. Luke has presented critical testimony that has shaped several Royal Commission outcomes.
