Child safety legislation reform
Reforms have been made to the child protection legislation governing our work, to better protect Queensland's most vulnerable children and young people.
The legislation changes are a result of the recommendations of the 2004 Crime and Misconduct Commission report for child protection reform.
These changes were implemented in three stages from 2004 to 2006 and dealt with a range of matters including:- Child Guardian's functions and powers
- Community Visitor Program
- Children Services Tribunal's jurisdiction
- child death case reviews
- case planning
- responses to an unborn child notification
- mandatory reporting by nurses
- Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) teams
- disclosure of information to carers and children
- information sharing between departments, agencies and non-government organisations
- assessment and approval of carers
- annual public reporting by departments on child protection activities.
Further amendments were made after stage three of the legislation reforms via the Child Safety (Carers) Amendment Act 2006 to introduce the requirement that carers, and relevant persons associated with licensed residential facilities and shared family care services hold blue cards.
For further information about the legislation reforms, refer to the overview of Blueprint legislation reforms
- Last updated
- 25 July 2007
