Australia’s Catholic bishops have written to Attorney-General Michelle Rowland urging the federal government to adopt a national working with children check register. Read the letter.
Failing to meet safety standards will cost childcare centres dearly under urgent changes put forward by Labor.
TAFE NSW has frozen its second semester intake for a raft of critical trades, turning away would-be electricians from their classroom training at all but six locations in greater Sydney.
Archbishops’ support for the Keep Them Safe campaign comes as new research reveals ‘box-ticking’ attitudes to child safety are rampant within Australian churches, and the nation’s “disjointed” patchwork of child protection policies are making matters worse.