AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
Editorial
From:Herald Sun
March 01, 2012
THE Victorian Government is protecting the most vulnerable people in the community by changing laws allowing convicted sex offenders to work with children.
The Government is responding to a determined Herald Sun campaign by acknowledging that decisions taken by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal are not always in the interests of children and their parents.
The proposed changes are to prevent rulings in favour of applicants who have failed Working With Children checks, but then appealed against a decision by the Department of Justice not to grant them a permit.
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