The Government's taking steps towards preventing any more abuse in care going forward.

It's introducing a bill tomorrow prompted by the Abuse in Care inquiry, after the Prime Minister's national apology.

The bill includes a ban on strip-searching children - and stronger regulations on who can work with children. 

Minister-in-Charge Erica Stanford says the Government is looking to utilise full-body scanners in the future to prevent young people from being strip-searched.

"Instead, we'd be putting in place individual search plans  where young people knew what was going to happen and they had more control over how it happened."

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The Government's taking steps towards preventing any more abuse in care going forward.
It's introducing a bill tomorrow prompted by the Abuse in Care inquiry, after the Prime Minister's national apology.
The bill includes a ban on strip-searching children - and stronger regulations on who can work with children.&nbsp;
Minister-in-Charge Erica Stanford says the Government is looking to utilise full-body scanners in the future to prevent young people from being strip-searched.
"Instead, we'd be putting in place individual search plans&nbsp; where young people knew what was going to happen and they had more control over how it happened."
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Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Erica Stanford: Abuse in Care response Lead Minister on the Government's new law changes designed to prevent abuse in care

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