Responsibility: Australian, state and territory governments
Joint Response: Accept in principle
Status: In progress
What has been achieved to date
The Australian government and state and territory governments are in the process of refining the design and implementation plan for expanding the existing continuous monitoring capability to include Commonwealth offences. This will be informed by the testing and evaluation of the services, products and operation of the National Continuous Checking Capability (NCCC).
What the Disability Royal Commission said in the final report
The Australian Government and state and territory governments should amend the Intergovernmental Agreement on Nationally Consistent Worker Screening for the National Disability Insurance Scheme to clarify the role of the Australian Federal Police (or other national bodies) in monitoring new charges relating to disability support workers who hold a clearance, and sharing information with state and territory worker screening units.
Joint Government response July 2024
The Australian Government and state and territory governments are committed to protecting the safety of people with disability, including through strong workforce screening processes.
All governments will work together to consider options to clarify the role of the Australian Federal Police and other national bodies in monitoring new charges related to NDIS workers and sharing information with state and territory worker screening units.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 allows the NDIS Commission to disclose protected NDIS Commission information to worker screening units for the purposes of carrying out an NDIS worker screening check.
All governments are committed to working together to review the adequacy of information sharing arrangements. The NDIS Commission and state and territory Worker Screening Units will also continue working closely together to improve content and practice elements of reciprocal information sharing processes.
The Australian Government is also taking steps, in consultation with states and territories, to pilot a process for national continuous monitoring of criminal charges and a move towards a nationally consistent worker screening model across the care and support economy.
More recommendations
View progress on other recommendations made by the Royal Commission.