Over-regulation Killing Off Volunteerism? (Australia)

MELBOURNE, April 18, 2005 (theage.com.au): Criminal checks, health rules and red tape are ruining volunteer work, warns Jan McCallum for The Age – The Victorian Government’s proposed law requiring a police check for almost every person working with children will discourage some people from volunteering but it won’t surprise anyone who is already active in community groups. The policy of requiring a police check for volunteers working with children increasingly applies, which is why it takes about two months to get one. Laws that treat everyone over 14 as a potential pedophile are just the latest obstacle to volunteering.

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