PURPOSE
This information was prepared by the Council of Australasian Archives and Records Authorities’ Royal Commissions Working Group, as guidance to Australian government agencies (referred to in this advice as institutions) to support the recordkeeping-related recommendations made by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (RCIIRCSA).
In particular this guidance addresses Recommendation 8.3:
The National Archives of Australia and state and territory public records authorities should provide guidance to government and non-government on identifying records, which, it is reasonable to expect, may become relevant to an actual or alleged incident of child sexual abuse; and on the retention and disposal of such records.
Where applicable this guidance can be voluntarily adopted by non-government institutions.
The Final Report of the RCIIRCSA, containing all the recommendations, can be viewed at https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/final-report.
