Funding pulled from a service that failed to meet minimum child safety standards; South African police deployed ahead of anti-immigrant protests; Netherlands crash out of FIFA World Cup.
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- Funding pulled from a service that failed to meet new minimum standards on child safety
- South African police deployed ahead of planned anti-immigrant protests
- Netherlands join four-time World Cup winners Germany, crashing out to underdog side
Education Minister Jason Clare has revealed that a service in Victoria has had its funding cut after failing to meet mandatory child safety obligations.
The obligations were introduced last year following allegations of child sex offences and Mr Clare said the standards have had a significant impact.
"I can tell the house that we've now issued notices against 115 centres; 47 centres have now suddenly fixed the problems they'd refused to fix for more than five years; seven have voluntarily relinquished their licenses. And I can inform the house that today my department has cut funding to a service in Victoria that has been warned and continued not to meet the standard."
Mr Clare said the changes build on other reforms, including banning the use of mobile phones in centres, a trial of CCTV, and mandatory safety training.
He says 99 per cent of workers have completed the training, with another stage due to roll out next month.
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The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has heard from the CEO of a not-for-profit organisation established to combat antisemitism and hate.
Tahli Blicblau, from the Australian based Dor Foundation, has given evidence at the Commission.
Speaking outside the Commission hearing, she says part of the Foundation's mission is to combat online hate speech which she says is fuelling antisemitism.
"The platforms have a responsibility to protect people who engage on those platforms. Just as people gather in the real world so to do people gather online. And there should be a duty of care on the part of those platforms who facilitate that gathering to protect the people who engage there. We need better legislation, and we need better policies and we need better enforcement. And we also need individuals who engage on those platforms to take responsibility and behave with common decency."
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Thousands of extra South African police have been deployed ahead of planned anti-immigrant protests today.
Officers were out in force to prevent violence and looting, while hundreds of foreign nationals took refuge in South African cities, urgently seeking help to leave.
South Africa's security forces said Monday that more than 25,000 people have been repatriated in recent weeks, with many others still awaiting departure.
At least four migrant workers from other African countries have been killed in recent anti-immigrant violence and several African governments have organised planes or buses to repatriate their citizens.
In the eastern seaboard city of Durban, the premier of Kwazulu-Natal province, Thami Ntuli says security forces are prepared for any unrest.
"We are protecting those who will be marching, we are protecting even the foreign nationals and South Africans. The police are there. There’s deployment on top of the existing police in the province and I’m satisfied."
The Greens are due to introduce legislation to establish Australia’s first dedicated LGBTIQA+ Human Rights Commissioner.
Advocates say it’s a long-overdue step towards ensuring equality under Commonwealth anti-discrimination law.
The bill, due to be tabled this afternoon, aims to create a dedicated LGBTIQA+ Commissioner within the Australian Human Rights Commission.
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And in the FIFA World Cup,
Football giants and three-time World Cup finalists The Netherlands have crashed out of the tournament, after a nail-biting penalty shoot-out with Morocco.
At the full-time whistle the scoreboard showed a one all draw, forcing the game into penalty time; and Morocco finally clinched it 3-2.
The result sees Morocco go through to face Canada in the next knock-out round.
The Netherlands join four-time World Cup winners Germany in the land of fallen giants; the Germans went down 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out with Paraguay this morning.
