WORKING WITH CHILDREN
CHECKS — AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT
1235. Hon PETER COLLIER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to the Western Australian
Auditor General's tenth report for 2019–20 entitled, ''Working
with Children Checks — Follow-up''.
(1) Of the 53 people
who were found to be unsuitable to work with children, what was the reason
against each of those persons that made them unsuitable for such work?
(2) Will the
minister outline the nature of employment of each of those 53 persons; and, if
not, why not?
(3) Will the minister advise where
each of those 53 persons were employed; and, if not, why not?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) All 53 people
met the threshold for a negative notice to be issued as per the Working with
Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004, as they posed an unacceptable
risk to children.
(2) The nature
of employment for the 53 people who were found unsuitable to work with children
includes: a child care service; an educational institution for children; a coaching
or private tuition service; an arrangement for the accommodation or care of
children; a placement arrangement; a counselling or other support service; a religious
organisation; a club, association or movement; a ward of a public or private
hospital in which children are ordinarily patients; a babysitting or
childminding service; an overnight camp; a transport service specifically for
children; and a children's entertainment or party service.
(3) No, I will not advise where these individuals were
employed as this may identify them, which risks a breach of the
confidentiality provisions of the Working with Children (Criminal Record
Checking) Act 2004.