Government orders states to maintain complaints register for school chaplains

Critics have welcomed changes but say they do not address the fact schools cannot hire secular pastoral care workers

The commonwealth government has moved to add safeguards to the controversial chaplains program, including a new requirement that states maintain a register of complaints against religious chaplains.

A new agreement with state and territory governments seeks to address concerns that the program lacks transparency after Guardian Australia revealed not all jurisdictions were centrally recording complaints against the program.

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