The detailed design for the ACT Child Safe Standards scheme is being developed.

ACT Government made these decisions:

• To require organisations working with children to comply with Child Safe Standards, and
• To give formal oversight functions to the ACT Human Rights Commission.

The community had the opportunity to have their say on these questions:

• Scope of the scheme (which organisations should be included),
• Types of support to be provided by the oversight body, to assist organisations to comply with the Standards,
• What monitoring and enforcement powers should be given to the oversight body, and
• How best to delay commencement of the scheme so that organisations have time to prepare.

An issues paper is available here.