Overview

• The government has pledged to fill the vacant Commissioner for Children and Young People position urgently after it remained empty for over three months
• Former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill’s rapid review of the childcare sector has begun probing systemic failures and ignored red flags
• Authorities have called for more than 2,000 children exposed to worker Joshua Dale Brown to undergo STI testing as his court case progresses
• Liana Buchanan warned that underfunding the Reportable Conduct Scheme would allow abuse to go undetected, yet its budget was frozen from 2017 to 2024
• New federal legislation will allow funding to be withdrawn from childcare providers that fail to meet safety and accountability standards