Melbourne childcare crisis
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Sydney childcare centre censured for taping toddlers’ mouths shut
A north shore childcare centre has received a formal warning after educators taped toddlers’ mouths shut as part of a “breathing exercise”.
- Emily Kowal
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Authorities thought a psychologist was a violent abuser but let him work with children for months
A man who was an innocent victim of mistaken identity says his case shows gaps in the working with children scheme that pose unacceptable safety risks.
- Rachel Eddie
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‘They’ve sent a male’: Childcare centres shadow-ban men
Male early learning educators say they are being stood down, dismissed from casual pools or having their work placements cancelled.
- Nicole Precel
Failing childcare centres will get grace period before funding is pulled
Child safety advocates say the bill introduced to parliament on Wednesday will not fix the systemic problems facing the sector.
- Nick Newling and Nicole Precel
Pressure grows on Labor for answers on childcare safety crisis
Criticism is mounting over critical role left vacant and unheeded warnings that children were in danger.
- Noel Towell
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‘Children will be abused’: Childcare warning the state ignored
The children’s watchdog warned for years that an underfunded protection scheme would result in abuse.
- Noel Towell
Six key dates at centre of childcare rape allegations against Joshua Brown
New details have emerged of the extent of the criminal charges against a childcare worker accused of sexually abusing babies and toddlers between April 2022 and January 2023.
- Carla Jaeger and Sherryn Groch
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Daycare chain’s investors demand answers over childcare safety crisis
Shareholders want explanations from childcare chain G8 following revelations by this masthead over its handling of the Joshua Dale Brown case.
- Carla Jaeger, Noel Towell and Sherryn Groch
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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
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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
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