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During the year ending 30 June 2018, more than 11,000 children in New Zealand were abused across 14,000 individual substantiated incidences.

All paid employees and contractors who work with children for state-funded organisations in New Zealand are required to be safety checked under The Vulnerable Children Act 2014. All existing non-core children’s workers must also be safety checked.

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Typically, background screening is conducted at the very end of the hiring process: between the interview stage and the job offer. But why don’t organisations conduct background checks earlier? For many, the answer comes down to one factor – cost.

In his speech to Parliament on 10 December 2020, Minister of Defence Peter Dutton said most Aussies going about their day don’t spare much thought for our nation’s critical infrastructure. But a disruption to any of the essential services that underpin our way of life could have “catastrophic and far-reaching consequences”.