The Palaszczuk Labor Government has still not answered questions about the failures of their Blue Card system, one month after revelations they’d failed to strengthen and streamline the system.
In 2017, the Queensland Family and Child Commission’s damning report into the Blue Card system made 81 recommendations to bolster Queensland’s Blue Card system.
Today, six years later, 53 of those critical recommendations still haven’t been implemented.
This includes expanding the scope of information used to assess and disqualify Blue Cards, such as police investigations.
In Estimates, Queenslanders witnessed a parade of Ministers passing the buck on responsibility for these changes.
Shannon Fentiman and Yvette D'Ath have both overseen this six-year failure as Attorney-General and can't explain why.
It’s clear this is another victim of the all-consuming chaos and crisis of this Labor Government.
Queensland parents deserve to know why these recommendations weren’t implemented and deserve to know when they finally will be.
As the heinous allegations of a Childcare worker assaulting children come to light, questions also remain unanswered about why there was seemingly no notification to Blue Card Services of allegations made to police.
Ministers Shannon Fentiman and Yvette D'Ath need to explain why Queensland’s Working with Children system is not a priority for this Government.
Queenslanders deserve to know the Government has done everything they can to keep children safe when they entrust them to childcare centres and Blue Card holders.
