What can be done to make childcare safer?

A week after it was revealed that a Melbourne childcare worker had been charged with sexual abuse offences relating to multiple children, scrutiny of the early learning sector has only intensified. Although the case is yet to be tested in the courts, the allegations sparked widespread outrage and intensified pressure on both federal and state governments to act quickly. Senior reporter Kate Lyons tells Reged Ahmad what more can be done to make the sector safer for children

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