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Safeguarding Students: The Introduction of the National Student Ombudsman
Safeguarding Students: The Introduction of the National Student Ombudsman On 11 September 2024, the Universities Accord (National Student Ombudsman)..
Navigating The Necessities of NDIS Auditing: How Safe Space Legal Can Help Your Organisation
Applying for or renewing registration with the NDIS Commission involves a rigorous audit against the NDIS Practice Standards. This can..
What Is Grooming, And What Can You Do Within A Child Safe Organisation To Recognise And Prevent It?
Content Warning: This article contains content that discusses the sexual abuse of a child. The descriptions of child sexual abuse..
Royal Commission Into Violence, Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation Of People Living With A Disability
How A NSW School’s Failure To Protect A Child From Abuse From An Older Student Once Again Highlights The Need..
Reportable Conduct Scheme and the Child and Youth Safe Standards in Tasmania
Background The Final Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Royal Commission), published on 15..
Safeguarding organisations from child abuse
On average it takes a survivor of institutional child sexual abuse 23.9 years to disclose the abuse. Some never report..
Duty of Care: Safeguarding Against Harm
A Coronial Inquest into the Death of Cristiaan Adriaan Roodt On 17 March 2023, the Coroners Court of the Australian..
Child Safe Standards – Amendments to the law to ensure compliance
On 1 January 2023 the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 (Vic) was amended to create greater powers to ensure..