The United States is not the only one concerned with background checks to prevent convicted felons and sexual predators from gaining access to children. According to news.com.audifferent Australian youth groups and sports club are claiming they don’t have either the time or financial resources to run background checks on its adult volunteers. Only now are some of the clubs beginning to audit its volunteers.
According to the article, officials from several sports codes say they want to adopt Queensland’s Blue Card model, in which volunteers’ details are collected on a central database, which can be accessed by any organisation needing to perform background checks.