Overview

• Premier Jacinta Allan introduced urgent legislation on Tuesday to allow immediate suspension of WWCCs during reassessment, with parliament set to sit late to pass it this week.
• Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny said 173 current WWCC holders under reassessment would be suspended as soon as the law takes effect.
• The state accepted all 22 Weatherill–White recommendations with $42 million in funding, including a new independent early childhood regulator by the end of 2025 with at least annual compliance checks.
• The reforms expand powers to cancel checks obtained with false information, extend time limits for prosecuting false declarations, replace VCAT appeals with internal review, mandate online child-safety training and testing, and permit consideration of unsubstantiated allegations in decisions.
• Victoria will align with a mutual-recognition approach so a ban in one jurisdiction applies in all, while the federal government advances a national educator register and CCTV trials in up to 300 centres.