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Lax rules and rise in for-profit childcare allow predators to abuse children, NSW inquiry finds

Greens MLC Abigail Boyd – who chaired inquiry – says system ‘failing too many children, families and educators’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSystemic weaknesses in New South Wales’ childcare sector have allowed predat...

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The Guardian
by Penry Buckley
Lax rules and rise in for-profit childcare allow predators to abuse children, NSW inquiry finds

Greens MLC Abigail Boyd – who chaired inquiry – says system ‘failing too many children, families and educators’

Systemic weaknesses in New South Wales’ childcare sector have allowed predators to work in the industry and abuse children, a scathing inquiry has found.

In its final report, published on Wednesday, a NSW upper house inquiry into the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector found “the proliferation of for-profit services and a lax regulatory approach” had led to “predators” being allowed to work in childcare and abuse children.

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