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Brewster, A. (2026, October 22). Amanda Camm to step down as Qld child safety and domestic violence minister. ABC News (AU). https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/qld-government-amanda-camm-steps-down/107299642
Brewster, Alex. “Amanda Camm to step down as Qld child safety and domestic violence minister.” ABC News (AU), 22 Oct. 2026, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/qld-government-amanda-camm-steps-down/107299642.
Brewster, Alex. “Amanda Camm to step down as Qld child safety and domestic violence minister.” ABC News (AU), October 22, 2026. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/qld-government-amanda-camm-steps-down/107299642.
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Amanda Camm, the Queensland MP for Whitsunday, has stepped down as a cabinet frontbencher, specifically from her roles as Families, Seniors and Disability Services Minister and Child Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Minister. The ABC reported this news shortly after 8 AM on Friday, October 22, 2026. Camm's resignation follows months of intense scrutiny over issues like children in residential care sleeping on floors in child safety offices and budget cuts to domestic violence prevention programs. Her departure is expected to trigger a mini reshuffle in the Queensland cabinet, marking the first such change since David Crisafulli came into power in 2024, promising ministerial accountability. The opposition had renewed calls for Camm's removal last month after the number of Queensland children known to child safety who have died increased by almost 60% within a year, labeling the state's child protection system as being in crisis.
Embattled frontbencher Amanda Camm will step down as Queensland's child safety and domestic and family violence minister, the ABC understands.
The Whitsunday MP has faced months of intense scrutiny, including over children in residential care sleeping on the floor of child safety offices, and cuts to the DFV prevention sector in the latest state budget.