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Victorian Government Annual Report 2018 - Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

Victorian Government Annual Report 2018 - Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

This is the Victorian Government’s first annual report on implementation of the Royal Commission’s recommendations. It was tabled 7 March 2019.

Date:: February 2019

Introduction

Introduction to the 2018 Annual Report of the Victorian Government response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Making institutions child safe

Volume 6 of the Final Report of the Royal Commission in 2017 contains 24 recommendations for improving institutional safety for children.

Improving institutional responding and reporting

Volume 7 of the Final Report of the Royal Commission in 2017 contains 12 recommendations relating to mandatory reporting.

Recordkeeping and information sharing

Volume 8 of the Final Report of the Royal Commission in 2017 contains 23 recommendations relating to recordkeeping and information sharing between institutions.

Advocacy, support and therapeutic treatment services

Volume 9 of the Final Report of the Royal Commission in 2017 contains 9 recommendations about improving service systems for all victims and survivors of child sexual abuse.

Children with harmful sexual behaviours

Volume 10 of the Final Report of the Royal Commission in 2017 contains 7 recommendations for improving responses to children with problem or abusive sexual behaviours.

Contemporary out-of-home care

Volume 12 of the Final Report of the Royal Commission in 2017 contains 22 recommendations relating to preventing child sexual abuse in out-of-home care.

Schools

Volume 13 of the Final Report of the Royal Commission 2017 contains 8 recommendations to prevent child sexual abuse from occurring in schools.

Sport, recreation, arts, culture, community and hobby groups

Volume 14 of the Final Report of the Royal Commission 2017 contains 4 recommendations to enhance child safety in sport, recreation, arts, culture, community and hobby groups.

Contemporary detention environments

Volume 15 of the Final Report of the Royal Commission 2017 contains 15 recommendations to prevent child sexual abuse from occurring in detention environments.

Beyond the Royal Commission

Volume 17 of the Final Report of the Royal Commission 2017 contains 6 recommendations about monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the Royal Commission’s recommendations.

Working with Children Checks Report (2015)

The Royal Commission recommended that the Australian Government facilitate and manage a national model for Working with Children Checks (WWCCs).

Redress and Civil Litigation Report (2015)

The Redress and Civil Litigation Report contains 84 recommendations about redress for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, and a further 15 recommendations to reform civil litigation.

Criminal Justice Report (2017)

The Criminal Justice Report contained recommendations covering a broad range of issues, including reporting, investigation & prosecution of child sexual abuse offences, and criminal and evidence law.

Reviewed 15 December 2019

Annual Report 2018, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
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Victorian Government Annual Report 2018 - Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

Introduction
Making institutions child safe
Improving institutional responding and reporting
Recordkeeping and information sharing
Advocacy, support and therapeutic treatment services
Children with harmful sexual behaviours
Contemporary out-of-home care
Schools
Sport, recreation, arts, culture, community and hobby groups
Contemporary detention environments
Beyond the Royal Commission
Working with Children Checks Report (2015)
Redress and Civil Litigation Report (2015)
Criminal Justice Report (2017)

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