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The blue card is Queensland’s working with children check, run by Blue Card Services under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 (Qld). The Act says the welfare and best interests of a child are paramount.
It will contact you and, in writing, set out the information it has and invite a submission by a due date. A submission can include a personal statement, references and evidence such as course certificates.
If you do not respond by the due date, the application must be withdrawn. You can ask for more time before the date passes.
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These include child sexual offences, grooming and child exploitation material. A disqualified person’s application must be refused, and a negative notice is issued.
These include some violent and sexual offences against adults and serious drug offences. If you have been convicted of a serious offence committed as an adult, the application must be refused unless an exceptional case exists. If you are charged, the application is withdrawn or the card suspended.
If you do not respond to a request for a submission in time, the application must be withdrawn.
Card holders must tell Blue Card Services immediately about changes in police information, such as a new charge.
The time to apply for a review is short. Get advice as soon as the decision arrives.
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Possibly. Blue Card Services assesses the offences and the rest of your history. A disqualified person must be refused, and for a serious offence conviction where you were an adult at the time, the card must be refused unless an exceptional case exists.
28 days from receiving the decision.
Three years after the decision for decisions made after 20 September 2025, and two years for earlier decisions. Disqualified people cannot apply.
If the charge is for a disqualifying or serious offence, the card must be suspended and you must stop child-related work.
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