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” ...

By Penry Buckley