Children under the age of five will be removed from a state's residential care following a major inquiry's "shocking" findings.
The Queensland government has revealed the significant policy change in response to the final report of a landmark inquiry into the state's "broken" child protection system.
"I have made a policy decision no children under the age of five are to remain in residential care," Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm told state parliament on Wednesday.
Ms Camm told parliament Queensland had 2258 children in residential care, including 78 under the age of five.
The number of children and young people in state residential care more than tripled in a decade, the Child Safety Commission of Inquiry final report revealed.
Queensland had almost as many children in residential care as every other state and territory combined, it said.
