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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Benita Kolovos and Tom McIlroy

Federal government to fast-track childcare safety legislation as Victoria appoints Jay Weatherill to conduct snap review of sector

Jay Weatherill Jason Clare Victoria Greens Pamela White Jacinta Allan
Australian education minister Jason Clare
Federal education minister Jason Clare is preparing to introduce new childcare safety laws to parliament in the first sitting week, beginning on 22 July. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The federal government will fast-track legislation in the next sitting week to cut funding to childcare centres that fail to meet safety standards, after shocking allegations of sexual abuse by a worker in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

It comes as the Victorian government announced the former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill and senior bureaucrat Pamela White had been appointed to lead an urgent review of childcare safety.

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