With PACT’s purpose being the promotion of child protection, other leading advocates for child safety and change in the legal sector including Annette Purcell and Michael Caffery joined the newly launched organisation.

Over the coming years, PACT was instrumental in helping change investigative processes, which included the taping of the initial police interview with child victims and the use of multi-disciplinary investigation techniques.

In 1990, PACT created and launched the first Child Protection Week campaign, with the aim of bringing abuse and neglect out of the shadows and putting child well-being on the national agenda. The event became so large it was handed over to a committee with representatives from leading organisations in the sector. National Child Protection Week is now recognised annually in September and continues to boost the well-being of all children in Australia.

In recent times, PACT focused on filling an important gap; supporting child victims and witnesses who have to give evidence in court. This has now expanded to include victims and witnesses of all ages who need support through the Queensland criminal justice system.

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