Education Minister Jason Clare and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Lukas Coch/AAP
Recent cases of prolific alleged child sexual abuse in Melbourne and other Australian early childhood education and care settings have shocked even experienced people who work to prevent child sexual abuse. Parents are right to be outraged, scared and uncertain.
The most pressing issue, then, is what we do about it.
Distinguished Professor Ben Mathews, researcher in the QUT School of Law, discussed this important issue in a recent article in The Conversation, including ten key actions for policy-makers to create key components of safe early childhood education and care settings.
You can read the article in The Conversation here.
