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Alex White learned an abuser attended his sons daycare through the media. He’s calling for greater transparency

Why parents are kept in dark about alleged abusers at childcare providers

While thousands of parents were told about a Victorian daycare worker, details of a recent case in Sydney remain shrouded in secrecy.

  • Amber Schultz

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“I, like many mothers, knew in my gut - my womb, perhaps - that the baby should not be far from me.”

Women are planning a revolution. It will benefit everyone

Families are stretched to breaking point, but there are solutions.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
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More must be done to attract quality childcare staff

The stories of injuries and improper first aid show what can happen to kids when their childcare centre is not providing adequate care.

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Delilah Lewis with her broken arm in 2023.

Revealed: The Sydney childcare centres not meeting national standards

Hundreds of the state’s childcare centres are not meeting standards. Search the full list to find your centre.

  • Emily Kowal and Nigel Gladstone
Joshua Dale Brown

How childcare providers led police on a wild goose chase for an alleged paedophile

Joshua Brown had been fired from at least three other childcare centres before he was arrested and had glaring errors on his CV, this masthead can reveal.

  • Sherryn Groch, Caroline Schelle and Carla Jaeger
Childcare centre.

Forget knee-jerk measures – parents know the change needed for safer childcare

As long as childcare centres are places for profit, patch-up solutions like those offered by my centre are all that parents will be offered.

  • Wendy Syfret
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Milestones Early Learning Centre in Tingalpa, in Brisbane’s south-east.

‘Pretty appalling’: Fury as parents learn of childcare abuse claims through media

“I don’t know how I’m feeling, I don’t know what to do. They’ve got nothing to say.”

  • William Davis, Felicity Caldwell, Courtney Kruk and Matt Dennien
Milestones Early Learning Tingalpa.

Man charged over indecent treatment of child at childcare centre

The 21-year-old man, who worked at the centre in Tingalpa, has been charged with one offence of indecent treatment of a child.

  • Felicity Caldwell, Courtney Kruk, Matt Dennien and William Davis
Employers need to ask the right questions to prevent evil entering workplaces.

My job is to root out dodgy workers. These are the warning signs to look for in childcare

I investigate employee misconduct in the childcare, aged care and education sectors - and I’ve seen how evil infiltrates workplaces.

  • Paul O'Halloran
The Start Strong Early Learning Centre in South Wentworthville.

Alleged childcare assault of toddler ‘captured on CCTV’

The two women are expected to appear in court next month over the alleged assault of a 17-month-old boy at a centre in western Sydney.

  • Josefine Ganko and Penry Buckley

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