Tag: Scott Volkers
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Aussie swim chiefs wrong to hire Scott Volkers: inquiry
Swimming Australia should never have put coach Scott Volkers in charge of the national women’s team, a royal commission has been advised. The child sex abuse inquiry has also been advised by its chief counsel to find the swimming body did not follow its own mandatory screening policy by not asking Volkers about his suitability…
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Spotlight on child sex abuse in Swimming Australia
Read for instance SBS and The Guardian The response of the Directors of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Queensland and New South Wales to sexual abuse allegations against former Olympic swimming coach Scott Volkers will come under scrutiny next month at the royal commission into child abuse. Swimming Australia will also come under the spotlight when…