An urgent overhaul of a "broken" child protection system is set to begin as a state minister became embroiled in a major inquiry's shocking findings.
The Queensland government has blamed the previous Labor administration's "ignorance and inaction" after the Child Safety Commission of Inquiry final report's sobering data was revealed.
Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm promptly announced kids under the age of five would be removed from state residential care in response to the report tabled on Wednesday.
The inquiry's report exposed years of systemic failure and shocking outcomes for some of the nation's most vulnerable children, triggering an overhaul by a cabinet subcommittee set to meet on Thursday.
However Ms Camm came under pressure over the report, saying she was "not concerned" by data revealing fewer than half of urgent 24-hour priority assessments were being carried out on time under her watch.
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The report said between April 2025 and March 2026 only 44 per cent of 24-hour priority response investigations had started on time, compared to 91 per cent from July 2024 to March 2025.
She rejected suggestions the figures showed the system had gone backwards.
Ms Camm argued the inquiry was relying on operational data drawn from a troubled IT system and warning it could not be directly compared with other corporate data sets.
"No, I'm not concerned by the data that has been outlined in the Commission of Inquiry, because it is not comparable data," she told reporters on Thursday.
"The data speaks to operational data of a point in time."
The Liberal National government on Thursday kept up its attack on the former Labor administration over the inquiry report in parliament, blaming its "revolving door" of five Child Safety ministers.
"It confirms what too many vulnerable children, families, carers and frontline workers have known for years - Queensland's child safety system is broken," Premier David Crisafulli said of the report in parliament.
"The findings are sobering and damning and the recommendations demand action. Every Queenslander should be concerned by these findings."
Mr Crisafulli said thousands of children remained in out-of-home care and too many had been placed in residential care settings that were meant to be temporary but had become long-term.
"Not a single child has been adopted from state care since 2019," he said.
Ms Camm and Attorney-General Deb Frecklington fronted the media saying work was underway to fix the system with a cabinet subcommittee to meet on Thursday to drive a whole-of-government response to the inquiry's 52 recommendations.
The inquiry found Queensland had almost as many children in residential care as every other state and territory combined after its population surged 229 per cent in a decade.
Queensland has 2258 children in residential care, including 78 under five.
"I receive an update each and every week on the number of children that we have in residential care and the effort of work where we are going about ensuring that children under five have a family-based care plan," Ms Camm said.
She also signalled an urgent shift away from placing children in hotels and motels during crises, vowing to build up emergency family-based placements so children are not left alone in temporary accommodation.
