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Call for expansion to mandatory reporting criteria
– CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) is calling for legislative reform in relation to mandatory reporting of suspected cases of child abuse and exploitation in the ACT.
A mandated reporter is a person legally required to report observed or suspected child abuse or exploitation.
AFPA President Alex Caruana said that while the existing mandatory reporting legislation in the ACT was adequate, it should be improved and expanded to regard Members of the ACT Legislative Assembly and their staff as being mandated reporters.
“Given recent media coverage, I think there needs to be an expansion to the mandated reporter criteria. In the course of their duties, Members of the Legislative Assembly and their staff may receive information that should be reported to the appropriate authorities in order to protect children and young people in the ACT.
Community safety put at risk by poor judicial decision
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) is disappointed by yet another instance of a poor judicial decision endangering community safety in the ACT, after a 21-year-old man was arrested for serious and reckless driving offences after being granted bail less than 24 hours earlier.
AFPA President Alex Caruana said that ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury needed to urgently address bail and sentencing outcomes in the ACT before someone was killed or seriously injured by a recidivist offender.
“The alleged offender in this matter was bailed yesterday and was subject to a good behaviour order from 2022. He is now already back in custody for serious offences, which put the community and police officers at direct risk.
Industrial Dispatches
AFPA Industrial Dispatch #27
- Roster Review at Parliament House
- Review of Sergeants/Team Leaders selection process
- Secrecy provision – section 60A of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979
- Correction – Reviews of ISAP processes
AFPA Industrial Dispatch #26
- Comcare and ‘reasonable management action’
- Professional Standards investigations – Annexures to investigation reports
- Independent Selection Advisory Panels (ISAP) – appeals
- Professional Standards Panel
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