Qld blue cards a 'modern-day injustice'

Peter Russo says the blue card system can be "exhausting and re-traumatising" for Indigenous people. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Queensland's blue card system is a "modern-day injustice" for Indigenous people living in remote communities that should be reformed, a parliamentary report says.

A parliamentary committee rejected a Katter's Australian Party bill to overhaul the system to apply to work with children but has backed trials of some of the proposals.