US EditionAustralia Trials CCTV in Childcare Centres Expected as Ministers Meet
The $189 million package includes mandatory child safety training, a national register of carers, and stricter penalties to improve childcare sector oversight, officials said.
- On Friday, education ministers from all states and territories signed off in Sydney on a $189 million CCTV trial covering up to 300 childcare centres starting later this year.
- After alarming allegations last month involving childcare workers, the federal government responded to charges against Melbourne childcare worker Joshua Dale Brown linked to numerous centres.
- All staff will face a mobile phone ban from September, and all childcare workers must complete national mandatory child-safety training focusing on grooming and abuse identification.
- The crackdown allows funding to be cut for centres that fail standards, and centres not meeting safety standards risk losing federal funding while compliance action targets 30 early childhood centres.
- If approved, trials will start by December and officials plan to decide camera placement, data custody, and protections amid privacy concerns before a national register rolls out from February next year.
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CCTV Trial in 300 Childcare Centres to Begin by Year’s End
Hundreds of childcare centres across Australia will take part in a trial of CCTV cameras, as federal and state ministers meet in Sydney to address a sector-wide safety crisis. Federal Education Minister Jason Clare confirmed that 300 centres will participate in the trial, which will be overseen by the Australian Centre for Child Protection. “Some of those will be centres where they’ll be mandatorily required to install those cameras, and in othe…
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