AUSTRALIA
ABC News

By Tim Lamacraft

All Catholic, independent and government schools in Victoria have until the end of September to confirm they are compliant with a new code of conduct that is designed to prevent child abuse.

To prove their compliance, school principals and school council presidents must sign a statutory declaration, something that a group of principals have told the ABC they were opposed to.

“I suppose why principals are objecting is because it’s the first time ever we’ve been asked to sign a legal document attesting to our compliance, or at least our intent to be compliant,” Anne Gawith, principal of Dimboola Memorial Secondary College, told PM.