- By 29 February 2024 the Victorian Government must legislate to create new statutory protection for public records that ensure that information shared on a confidential basis with Yoorrook will be kept confidential for a minimum of 99 years once Yoorrook finishes its work and its records are transferred to the Victorian Government.
WOVG Position
Support
Lead Minister/agency
Lead Minister: Minister for Treaty and First Peoples
Lead agency: DPC
Liaison agency: DJCS
- The Victorian Government must:
- review section 534 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 (Vic) to identify a workable model that:
- places clear time limits on the operation of section 534 so that where the only individuals identified in a publication are adults who have provided their consent, and the Children’s Court matter is historical in nature, then the prohibition does not apply, and
- enables a Royal Commission or similar inquiry to publish information about a child who is subject to protection proceedings or a protection order, where the child provides that information, is capable of understanding the consequences of losing anonymity and provides their consent, and
- ensure that any review of section 534 of the Children, Youth and Families Act is First Peoples led insofar as the proposed reforms affect First Peoples.
- review section 534 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 (Vic) to identify a workable model that:
WOVG Position
Support in principle
Lead Minister/agency
Lead Minister: Minister for Children
Lead agency: DFFH
Liaison agency: DJCS and DPC
- The Victorian Government must:
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