Subscribe to a BCS newsletter
Blue Card Services (BCS) offers tailored email communication to keep both individuals and organisations up to date on the blue card system. We only send emails when we have important things to tell you, so your inbox will never overflow with newsletters. Our emails feature essential information, including:
- changes in legislation and how it can impact you
- upcoming online and in-person events to register for
- community visits
- helpful tips for managing blue or exemption card applicants and holders to best meet obligations.
We offer 3 newsletters options that tailor our messages for different audiences. Choose the one that suits you best to stay informed.
Blue Card News and Events
Designed for organisations and professionals, Blue Card News and Events focuses on updates and information relevant to managing blue card systems within an organisational context.
Blue Card Yarns
Targeted at First Nations communities, Blue Card Yarns offers insights and updates in a more conversational format, making it easier for individuals to stay informed about the blue card system.
Blue Card and You
Information specifically for:
- you as an individual blue or exemption card holder
- people who rely on an exemption to work with children
- people who may need to engage with the blue card system in the future.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) collects your personal information when you subscribe to newsletters.
We collect your:
- first and last name
- email address
- postcode
- email subscription preferences
- organisation name (if provided)
- industry type.
We use this information to:
- send newsletters
- provide updates about legislative changes
- share information about Blue Card Services events and activities.
We will only use or share your personal information if Australian law, or a court or tribunal order, allows or requires us to.
Read the QWSS – Personal information collection statement or the DoJ Privacy Policy for more information.
The privacy policy explains:
- how to access or correct your personal information
- how to make a privacy complaint
- how we manage your complaint.
If you have questions about how we manage your personal information, email Right to Information and Privacy at Privacy@justice.qld.gov.au.
If you do not provide your personal information, we may not be able to provide this service.