Policy portal

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) have a strong governance framework that supports responsible and effective decision-making.

This is supported by our policies, which help us to maintain a safe work environment for our staff, patients, visitors and collaborators. 

Copies of some of our key documents are provided below. We have a number of internal policies, which are not externally published. For information about our internal policies, or the procedures supporting these external policies, please contact our compliance team.

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Policy library

Policy	Description
Code of Conduct	Promotes an expected professional standard of behaviour to maintain confidence and trust in the work of Murdoch Children's and Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS).
Feedback and Complaints Handling Policy159.61 KB	Provides a process for us to receive feedback and manage complaints.
Feedback and Complaints Handling Brochure 89.51 KB	Our complaints handling guide.
Whistleblower Policy	Our Whistleblower program supports people who alert us to wrongdoing when making a protected disclosure.  Protected disclosures can be lodged via our external Whistleblower reporting service: https://www.whistleblowingservice.com.au/mcri/
Child Safety Policy	All children have the right to feel safe. We support the participation of children and young people in Murdoch Children's and VCGS research, ensuring respect for their safety, needs, culture and diversity.
Conflict of Interest Policy 2022197.00 KB	To help us maintain ethical standards of good judgement, fairness and integrity in all dealings, and to ensure the prompt disclosure of potential or actual conflicts.
Privacy Policy	Murdoch Children's and VCGS - Internal and external policy. Maintaining the security and integrity of our data, which is critical to our research.
Modern Slavery Act Statement 20231.9 MB	We recognise the importance of identifying and addressing exploitative practices to ensure our operations do not cause harm through slavery.
Anti-Discrimination, Harassment & Bullying Policy	Murdoch Children's Research Institute does not tolerate any form of conduct which is of a sexual nature, and which could be seen to create a hostile or distressing environment.
Global Health Activities Framework 2021 (reviewed 2023)843.27 KB	Murdoch Children's is proudly a member of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) and a signatory to the Code of Conduct. As a signatory, our work is conducted with transparency, accountability and integrity in line with the guidelines and principles of the ACFID Code of Conduct.