Bathurst childcare worker sentenced after dragging and throwing child
A childcare worker has been sentenced to an 18-month community corrections order for using “excessive force” on a…
Christchurch childcare company where children burned admits it failed on safety
The provider’s chief executive and regional manager flew to Christchurch on Friday night. The company said the chemical…
Manukau Institute of Technology childcare centre to shut, parents in lurch and jobs at risk
The childcare centre is located at MIT’s North campus in Ōtara and is open to MIT staff, students,…
Alleged childcare paedophile Joshua Dale Brown hit with more than 80 additional charges
Detectives have issued more than 80 additional charges against alleged Melbourne childcare paedophile Joshua Dale Brown. Warning: This…
MCGUIRK: Tusla’s mealy-mouthed apology is not enough
Last month, in the aftermath of the shocking attack on a ten year old girl near the Citywest…
The ABC’s explosive childcare investigations began with an email
It began with an email. An academic sounding the alarm about the rise of large private operators in…
Perth family’s daycare abuse horror exposes how most WA childcare abuse allegations go nowhere
Only 10 per cent of allegations of sexual abuse or grooming by childcare workers in Western Australia in…
National criminal history tracker to be established for working with children checks
A national system to continuously monitor the criminal history of those with a working with children check will…
Australia’s childcare crisis forces us to reconsider how we organise care
There is a rhetorical rule, rather like Godwin’s law, that the first person in an argument who reaches…
Australia’s crumbling childcare safeguards put kids at risk. How can parents make sure they’re safe?
The reality of Australia’s childcare industry has the makings of every parent’s worst nightmare: a system designed to…
Paedophiles exploiting Australia’s broken childcare system as safeguards crumble
Paedophiles have infiltrated Australia’s $22 billion childcare industry by exploiting lax regulation, piecemeal oversight and glaring staffing inadequacies,…
Death of child trapped in fence at childcare centre ruled ‘preventable’
The death of a toddler who became trapped on a fence at a childcare centre outside Darwin last…