Queensland doesn't license coaches, so anyone can use the word. Some titles are different. Ahpra lists (opens in a new tab) psychologist as a protected title under the National Law, says anyone using it must be registered with the Psychology Board, and notes that holding yourself out as registered when you aren't is also an offence. A registered psychologist who coaches as well can say so and point to the public register; our page on psychologist websites in Brisbane covers that side. Coaching children has its own line. The state's blue card guidance (opens in a new tab) says you need a blue card if you teach, coach or tutor children on a commercial basis, and that a business serving only adults doesn't.
Queensland also has a rule of its own that can reach some coaching work. The Office of the Health Ombudsman (opens in a new tab) says the National Code of Conduct for Health Care Workers (Queensland) applies to anyone who provides a health service without being required to register, and it names counsellors among its examples. Providers it covers must display the code, or make it available, where they provide the service, and tell clients how to make a complaint unless they're exempt; the office publishes posters and a complaints notice for the purpose. Whether a given coaching practice counts as a health service is a question for that guidance, not for us. If yours does, the code and the complaints information can have a page of their own, linked from the footer, and our Brisbane allied health page explains how health complaints are handled in Queensland.
Business coaches here also work alongside free state programs. Business Queensland's Mentoring for Growth (opens in a new tab) matches eligible businesses with volunteer mentors from a pool of more than 300, all with experience in coaching or developing businesses, and is mostly delivered online. Its small business wellbeing support (opens in a new tab), run with the Small Business Financial Counselling Services for southern and northern Queensland, offers free, confidential support from wellbeing coaches to owners experiencing mental health challenges, in businesses with fewer than 20 full-time-equivalent staff and turnover under $10 million. An owner who finds you may have tried one or both already. The site doesn't need to mention them, but it should show what a paid engagement involves: the same coach over an agreed period, a set program, and work done between meetings.
Consultants and coaches who sell to the public sector have a new front door. The state's supplier portal (opens in a new tab) says VendorPanel now carries Queensland and local government opportunities, through a partnership between the Queensland Government and Local Buy, with tenders still posted on QTenders during the move. Local Buy, whose site says 71 Queensland councils use its procurement platform, runs a Training Services arrangement, LB327 (opens in a new tab), whose learning and development consulting category names coaching and mentoring, career development and professional development; it's current until 30 April 2032. If you're on an arrangement like that, say so on the buyer page, and keep the business details on your VendorPanel profile and your site the same. If you aren't, leave it off rather than hinting.
In Brisbane itself, council's business hubs (opens in a new tab) are worth knowing about. The Suburban Business Hub in Nundah is free co-working for businesses in the Brisbane council area, with Wednesdays given over to workshops, and the Brisbane Business Hub at 69 Ann Street runs free workshops, events and mentoring. Nundah's space is open-plan, so it suits a working morning or a small planning meeting better than a confidential one-to-one. We're an Adelaide team and work with Brisbane coaches and consultants by phone and email. Our Queensland clients include Queensland Dance & Performing Arts on the bayside, shown below.