 On 3 June 2019, 18 months after being ordered to do so by the Commission, the Australian Catholic Church published its National Catholic Safeguarding Standards.The standards closely parallel the commission's recommendations as well as norms enshrined by the government in the National Principles for Child Safe Organizations, although some provisions were watered down.One notable alteration concerned the number of hours per year that people should be undergoing professional and pastoral supervision, which was reduced from the recommended 12 hours to six hours.