LawRight has several factsheets to helps you understand the blue card system.
Click on the links below to find out if you need a blue card, how to apply, and what happens in different situations, like suspensions or negative notices.
The Working with Children Check Act was amended in 2025 to add more categories of regulated employment. Not sure if you need a blue card for your job or volunteer role? This factsheet explains who needs one under the amendments.
The Working with Children Check Act was amended in 2025, which changed how blue cards applications are assessed. This factsheet provides more information about these changes, and how your application is assessed.
The Working with Children Check Act was amended in 2025. Learn what this means for you if you have a review or an appeal currently before Blue Card Services or QCAT.
Learn about when a blue card can be suspended, the effect of the suspension, and what you can do next if you have received a suspension notice.
If you have received a negative notice for your blue card, you might be able to review this decision at the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT). This factsheet has information about when you can appeal the decision, and how the appeal process works.
IMPORTANT: The Act that govern blue card reviews was substantially changed in 2025. If you started your QCAT review before 20 September 2025, the new act may not apply to you and this factsheet might not be relevant. Please see the below factsheet for information.
The Acts that govern blue cards was substantially amended in 2025. If you started a review of your negative notice in QCAT before 20 September 2025, your appeal may be covered by the previous act. This factsheet covers reviews that are still under the un-amended act.
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