The Children Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing)
Bill 2017 (VIC) proposes measures to enable new connections
between services or organisations who work with children.
The Bill will significantly impact the lives of children and
families, as well as create obligations that all agencies and
service providers who work with children and families –
including schools, pre-schools, hospitals, doctors, government
departments – need to be aware of and have systems to ensure
appropriate implementation.
Following the Royal Commissions into both Family Violence and
the Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, organisations
and entities who are involved with children need to be aware of the
various legislative changes that have come into effect (or will
soon come into effect) regarding adequate systems and reporting
requirements, amongst a raft of other measures.
