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The Duke of Ed National Office is committed to monitoring the processes, policies and procedures to maximise the safety of The Duke of Ed for all Participants and volunteers.
Depending on a Participant's chosen activity, all Section of The Duke of Ed contain some element of risk that need to be fully assessed and properly managed. This assessment and risk management is done jointly by the Award Coordinator and the activity Assessor, in consultation with the Participant.
A National Risk Management Policy is in place and can be found under our Resources page
All Federal and State/Territory laws, including legislation that applies generally in Australia in relation to working with young people, child protection, privacy, safety, equal opportunity and anti discrimination, applies to al Duke of Edinburgh's Award employees, operators and volunteers.
The minimum standard for all behaviour is current State and Territory legislation or Federal legislation.
From time to time the National Award Authority may introduce requirements further to the standards that apply to Federal and State law. IN the event of this occurrence information will be distributed to Licensed Operators through State and Territory offices.
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