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Child safety system confronts ‘financial catastrophe’
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (357+ words) April 7, 2026 " 3:55pm Add us as a preferred source on Google Queensland's residential care system for at-risk children has lurched into a "financial catastrophe" as costs balloon past $1 billion a year, an inquiry has heard. The inquiry into the state's child safety…...
Coalition pushes for powers to more easily sack childcare workers
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (460+ words) April 1, 2026 " 3:06pm Childcare centres would be able to sack employees more easily if suspected of posing a danger to children, under a Coalition plan to win back families" votes. A Senate inquiry into the embattled childcare sector, driven by a Coalition-dominated…...
New data finds spike in dangers in Australia’s childcare sector
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (38+ words) New data finds spike in dangers in Australia's childcare sector'Brisbane Times New data has found a surge of 'lost kids' and serious injuries at childcares across Australia. Updated February 11, 2026 " 3:44pm,first published 3:43pm...
‘I felt sick’: Parents scramble as uni axes daycare centre
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (512+ words) Staff and parents of children at Griffith University's childcare centres have been left reeling after being told on Thursday the centres would close within two months. The university runs two early childcare education centres, Boronia and Tallowwood, on its Nathan…...
Bungled child safety program set for audit after ‘critical IT failure’
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (491+ words) Queensland Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm will launch an audit into what she described as a "critical IT failure" potentially affecting the ability of staff to act on time-sensitive risks to vulnerable children. At a media conference in Brisbane on…...
Key Queensland women’s safety oversight role quietly scrapped
8+ mon, 15+ hour ago (719+ words) The Crisafulli government quietly abandoned a key plank of the landmark women's safety and police inquiry reports, handing the work of publicly overseeing progress on major reforms to an advisory panel and a new departmental office. The Independent Implementation Supervisor…...
How do you choose a safe childcare centre?
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (832+ words) When Brisbane mother-of-two Elizabeth first looked for a childcare centre for her 10-month-old daughter, now aged three, she toured 11 facilities before making a decision. Although she had the means to be discerning and find a "better centre, she says the…...