Clare introduces childcare safety bill into House
Jason Clare is now introducing the childcare safety bill in the House of Representatives.
The education department secretary will have the power under this bill to consider a provider’s “quality, safety and compliance history” to determine whether they should be approved to access the childcare subsidy.
Clare says this has “never been part of the childcare subsidy system” but he concedes that government’s haven’t worked fast enough.
I’ve been pretty blunt. In the last few weeks, people have been arrested and convicted of offences like those alleged before, and governments of different colours, state and federal have taken action, but not enough, and not fast enough….