Royal Commission to hold roundtable on Working with Children Checks

AUSTRALIA
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

6 June, 2014

The Royal Commission will hold a roundtable in Canberra to discuss Working with Children Checks.

The roundtable discussion, the second by the Royal Commission, will be convened by the Chair of the Royal Commission Justice Peter McClellan AM and Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM and will be held at University House, Australian National University on Monday 16 June 2014.

Participants will include state and territory government representatives, Children’s Commissioners, advocates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-government organisations.

The roundtable discussion will help the Royal Commission to better understand Working with Children Checks and their implementation across jurisdictions.

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