Federal government to fast-track childcare safety legislation as Victoria appoints Jay Weatherill to conduct snap review of sector
Jason Clare to introduce powers to expand spot checks and cut off funding for childcare operators that fail to meet safety standards, as Greens call for independent watchdog
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The federal government will fast-track legislation in the next sitting week to cut funding to childcare centres that fail to meet safety standards, after shocking allegations of sexual abuse by a worker in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
It comes as the Victorian government announced the former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill and senior bureaucrat Pamela White had been appointed to lead an urgent review of childcare safety. Continue reading...
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