Sydney, Oct 26, 2025 (AFP) - Predators 'slip through the cracks' in Australian childcare

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2025-10-26

Serial child sexual abuse cases in Australian daycare centres have spurred a rush to close security gaps that let predators through the door. New legislation will bring in a national register of childcare workers from 2026, impose compulsory safety training, ban the use of personal phones by carers and start a trial of CCTV monitoring. It aims to address safety deficiencies in a childcare sector that has boomed thanks to government funding. In Au......

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