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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Alan Vaarwerk

Afternoon Update: national register for childcare workers; sunscreen brand pulled from shelves; and readers’ Book Week costumes

Jason Clare at a press conference
The federal education minister, Jason Clare, has announced a CCTV trial at 300 childcare centres. Photograph: Steven Markham/AAP

Good afternoon. Childcare workers will be put on a national register in a sweeping safety overhaul of the sector that includes a CCTV trial at hundreds of centres, mobile phone bans and mandatory staff training.

Federal, state and territory education ministers met in Sydney on Friday and agreed to major changes in the childcare and early education sectors.

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