Blue Card
The Queensland working-with-children clearance, which can be combined with an NDIS check in one application.
A Blue Card is Queensland's version of the Working With Children Check. It is issued by Blue Card Services and is required for paid and volunteer roles working with children in the state. Like other working-with-children clearances, it screens your national criminal history and keeps monitoring you for the life of the card, so police history is already built in.
A useful feature in Queensland is the combined application: workers who need both a Blue Card and an NDIS Worker Screening Check can apply for them together through the one process, rather than running two separate applications. This is helpful for people working across childcare and disability supports.
For workers, the Blue Card is tied to Queensland, so a clearance from another state will not usually substitute for it. For providers, the obligation is to confirm each worker holds a current, valid Blue Card and to verify it against the Queensland register rather than relying on the physical card alone. See the working with children check by state guide for how Queensland compares to other jurisdictions.
This is general information, not compliance advice. Always confirm requirements with the relevant regulator, and remember that providers keep the legal responsibility to sight credentials and decide who can work.
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Working With Children Check by state: requirements and renewals (2026)
Every Australian state and territory runs its own Working With Children Check, with different names and validity periods. Here is the full breakdown.
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