Damning report finds state’s blue card screening system creates unnecessary barriers to placing children with their families
Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast
Queensland’s family and child commissioner has called for blue card requirements to be scrapped for First Nations kinship carers after a report found the system relies on “irrelevant information, overpolicing and subjective assessments”.
Since 2001, Queenslanders who work around children have needed to obtain a blue card, with offences including drug trafficking, murder and child abuse disqualifying a person from obtaining one. But a report by the Queensland Family & Child Commission (QFCC) found blue cards create additional barriers to placing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with their families.
About Author
More Stories
Italian opposition file complaint over far-right deputy PM party’s use of ‘racist’ AI images
Nvidia’s CEO makes surprise visit to Beijing after US restricts chip sales to China
Move over, Med diet – plantains and cassava can be as healthy as tomatoes and olive oil, say researchers