Changes to the WWC legislation, to significantly strengthen protections for Western Australian (WA) children, are now in effect. These changes are part of ongoing national WWC Check reform to improve child safety.
The Working with Children (Screening) Act 2004 now mutually recognises negative outcomes across states and territories, known in Western Australia as an adverse interstate WWC decision.
This means that anyone who has had their application for a WWC Check denied or their WWC Card revoked in one state or territory, cannot be granted or hold a WWC Check in any state or territory – banned in one, banned in all.
The "banned in one, banned in all" reforms aim to strengthen protections for children across Australia.
Find out more visit the Working with Children Check - Amendments to the Act webpage.
Please note, work to progress Phase 2 reforms to WA’s Working with Children laws is underway. The reforms will be informed by recommendations of the Royal Commission's Working with Children Checks Report and feedback from the 2025 public consultation. National reform discussions are also progressing concurrently, to respond to priority actions of the Standing Council of Attorney's-General Agreement to Deliver National Working with Children Check Reform.
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