‘Hacking is assumed now’: experts raise the alarm about added risk of surveillance cameras in childcare centres

Childcare experts have expressed concerns that reliance on CCTV as a safety measure means the more difficult, structural work in the sector might not be done. Composite: Getty

In the wake of horrifying reports last week alleging that eight children had been sexually abused by a worker in a Melbourne childcare centre, politicians and providers have scrambled to offer a response.

One option emerged from the fray as something concrete and immediate: the installation of CCTV cameras in childcare centres.