AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
August 17, 2015
Rachel Browne
Social Affairs Reporter
The failure of state and territory governments to introduce a nationally consistent system to reduce the risk of paedophiles working with children has been described as “inexcusable” by a royal commission that has recommended sweeping changes to background checks.
State and territory governments will have one year to implement recommendations made on Monday by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
The recommendations include a call for a national system which would prevent child sex abusers applying for clearance to work with children in different jurisdictions and improve cross-border information sharing.
A national Working With Children Check scheme would help organisations and people working across borders by reducing complexity and duplication.
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