Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Final Report

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in its final report handed down on 15 December, made the following recommendations that specifically relate to childcare: 

• Recommendation 6.9 - Legislative requirements to comply with the Child Safe Standards should cover institutions that provide childcare or childminding services.

• Recommendation 7.12 - Reportable conduct schemes should cover institutions that provide childcare services. 

In addition, the Commission made a number of previous recommendations regarding working with children checks and other matters relevant to childcare services.

The full text of all the recommendations can be found here.