- Queensland’s long-overdue Reportable Conduct Scheme commences today, strengthening protections for children.
- The Crisafulli Government has invested an additional $4 million to fast-track implementation to 1 July 2026 for all relevant sectors.
- The Scheme delivers a key recommendation of a 2017 Royal Commission report, after years of delay under the former Labor Government.
- The Reportable Conduct Scheme builds on the Crisafulli Government’s reforms to make Queensland children safer.
The Crisafulli Government has delivered Queensland’s long-overdue Reportable Conduct Scheme, strengthening protections for children and ensuring organisations respond appropriately to allegations of abuse, misconduct and neglect.
The Scheme, which commenced today, establishes a consistent framework requiring organisations that work with children to investigate and report allegations of reportable conduct by their employees and volunteers.
Despite years of recommendations and repeated commitments, the former Labor Government failed to implement a Reportable Conduct Scheme, leaving Queensland lagging behind other states.
The In Plain Sight review, commissioned by the Crisafulli Government and undertaken by the Queensland Child Death Review Board, found one of Australia’s worst paedophiles, Ashley Paul Griffith, could have been stopped on up to five separate occasions if Queensland had implemented a Reportable Conduct Scheme following the Royal Commission’s recommendation.
The Crisafulli Government has invested more than $4 million to fast-track the Scheme’s delivery, bringing forward full implementation by 12 months.
The Scheme forms a key part of the Government’s broader child safeguarding reforms and will transfer to the new Queensland Protection Commission, alongside Blue Card Services and Child Safe Standards.
The commencement of the Reportable Conduct Scheme builds on the Crisafulli Government’s comprehensive child protection reforms, including:
Establishing a new Queensland Protection Commission to bring key safeguarding functions together under one roof.
Delivering Daniel’s Law, the Queensland Community Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register.
Strengthening the Blue Card system through new discretionary suspension powers where risks to children are identified.
Requiring self-disclosure of relevant child protection and domestic violence matters.
Expanding Blue Card requirements to additional child-related industries.
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity Deb Frecklington said Queensland families deserved stronger protections.
“Today marks a significant milestone for child safety in Queensland,” the Attorney-General said.
“The Reportable Conduct Scheme should have been in place years ago, but Queensland families were failed by Labor. The Crisafulli Government made a commitment to strengthen protections for children, and today we have delivered.
“The Scheme ensures allegations of abuse, misconduct and neglect are properly investigated and reported, improving accountability and helping identify risks before further harm can occur.”
“We have invested more than $4 million to bring these protections forward because the safety of children cannot wait.”
