In Oz the privacy provisions don't count when someone has been convicted of chid abuse. These people are not allowed to live near schools etc, or work with children again. Everyone who works with children is subjected to police checks. This doesn't just mean paid work - volunteers in sport & other activities are checked too.

This right & proper care of young children can sometimes have sad consequences. I'm on the Committee for a Neighbourhood Centre & at a recent meeting the representative for the Ladies Seniors Group (a lady well past retirement age) asked the rep for the Play Group if her members could sit outside the fence & chat to any of kids who wanted to approach them. The young mother looked at the older lady in horror & said she would have to consult the other parents. So the Seniors rep withdrew her request.

sandra