New Child Safety Laws – Update Screening of employees and others for child-related work In our last Client Briefing on Child Protection #2, we addressed the recent changes to the legislative regime in South Australia, including the new requirements for policies...
Following on from the reports of both the South Australian Child Protection Systems Royal Commission (2016) and the Commonwealth Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2017), the South Australian parliament has passed numerous new laws...
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Findings and Recommendations for Religious Institutions In December 2017, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released its final report containing the findings...
Where do the External Conduct Standards come from and what is their purpose? The Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission Act 2012 requires that all not-for-profit entities comply with the Governance Standards and External Conduct Standards...
Whistleblower protections and not-for-profit organisations There has been some question over whether and to what extent the new whistleblower protections provided for in recent amendments to the Commonwealth Corporations Act 2001 apply to not-for-profit organisations...
The Value of Attention to Detail We who are Tri-meridian, are passionate about supporting the Not-for-Profit sector and are specifically interested in assisting NFP’s to make the most of the benefits available. Whether this be through establishing effective...
CHILD PROTECTIONS FOR NFP ORGANISATIONS – #2 UPDATEDecember 17, 2019
