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    For adults

    • How the public guardian can help you (PDF, 520.3 KB)
    • The different ways we can help you (PDF, 3.1 MB)
    • Guardianship brochure (PDF, 520.3 KB)
    • Things your guardian should do (PDF, 869.2 KB)
    • Guardians and administrators - How can they help you? (PDF, 2.8 MB)
    • Public Guardian and Queensland Public Trustee - What is the difference? (PDF, 2.1 MB)

    For children

    • How we help children and young people (PDF, 1.8 MB)

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    Last updated: 11 February 2026

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    The Office of the Public Guardian acknowledges the Traditional Custodians throughout Queensland of the lands on which we leave a footprint. We acknowledge and pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.

    View more on our commitment to First Nations People.

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