Child sex charges prompt urgent safety review in Victoria

Amid the emerging allegations, both federal and state governments have outlined responses, though there are growing calls for these actions to be fast-tracked.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has announced a slew of reforms in the early childcare centre following a 26-year-old childcare worker being facing 70 charges, including child rape and the possession of child abuse material. Source: Getty / Andreas Nilsson

Key Points

• The community and parents were shocked by the arrest of a 26-year-old childcare worker who is now facing more than 70 child sex offence charges involving eight children at a centre in Point Cook, in Melbourne’s west.
• In response, the Victorian state government has ordered immediate reforms, including a safety review to explore whether installing CCTV cameras in childcare centres should be made mandatory.
• The federal government, meanwhile, plans to introduce changes that include a proposal to withdraw funding from childcare centres that fail to meet required safety standards.

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