Childcare needs a ‘fundamental reset’ to improve safety. These are Victoria’s key recommendations

Victorian premier Jacinta Allan has committed $42m to implementing all recommendations of the rapid child safety review by the end of the year. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Major reforms to working with children checks, more unannounced visits to childcare centres and a rethink of the reliance on for-profit providers are among the recommendations in an urgent review into childcare services in Victoria.

The review, written by the former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill and senior Victorian bureaucrat Pam White, was released by the state government on Wednesday.