Submissions

Guidelines for the Publication of Submissions on the NT Child Protection Inquiry website:

From Monday 21 June 2010, the Board of Inquiry will begin placing publishable submissions on the 'Submissions' page of the Inquiry website. This process will be undertaken progressively (as expeditiously as possible) beginning with submissions received from Northern Territory Government agencies, followed by submissions from organisations and individuals. A publishable submission is one that has not been requested by the contributor to be treated as confidential, does not breach relevant legislative provisions in relation to the publication of information  that may identify children within section 301 of the Care and Protection of Childen Act (or their families) or otherwise contravene that Act, and does not contain specific allegations, complaints or defamatory comments  in relation to individuals or organisations.

Where any submission has not been requested by the contributor to be treated as confidential but contains information which is not publishable, the Inquiry will endeavour to place the publishable text on the website, with the information which is not publishable being 'blanked out'.