Australian and New Zealand Conventions 2024/2025 - Update

Code of Conduct

Our code of conduct (‘the Code’) covers acceptable behaviour and unacceptable behaviour, each with a range of listed examples and environments where additional caution is required. The code concludes with a signed undertaking.

The Code is reviewed and reissued every 2 years. It is also reviewed and accepted by all visiting speakers at all our gatherings. A uniform policy across all Australian states and territories, and New Zealand, has been developed more recently, and is being reviewed with input from professional external advisors.

Workers are also required to undertake biennial child sexual abuse awareness training, using the MinistrySafe training modules – see https://ministrysafe.com/ This training requires participants to pass a test.

Two examples of our current code are: