AUSTRALIA
Examiner
By PATRICK BILLINGS Nov. 4, 2013
TASMANIA’S parents and friends association wants past disciplinary action, including non-convictions, to feature in a national background- check system.
In a submission to the Royal Commission into child sex abuse the association called for information such as being excluded from working with children to be included in the checks.
The association also backed the establishment of an Australia-wide working with children check.
Association president Jenny Eddington said a national screening system would be more uniform, convenient and robust.
She said it wasn’t unusual to find Tasmanians involved in the youth sector to be carrying up to five or more types of authorisation allowing them to work with children.
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