How parents and educators can keep childcare services safe from abuse

Last week, a former childcare centre worker was charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offences, sending shivers through the Australian community. There are about 1.4 million children using a childcare service (including centre-based care, family daycare and outside school hours care) around the country.

The likelihood of abuse occurring in childcare centres can be reduced. This will need governments, childcare services, educators and parents to work together.

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