Predators 'slip through the cracks' in Australian childcare

The state of Victoria's police charged 26-year-old Joshua Dale Brown with more than 70 crimes against eight children aged from five months to two years. - Facebook

SYDNEY: Serial child sexual abuse cases in Australian daycare centres have spurred a rush to close security gaps that let predators through the door.

New legislation will bring in a national register of childcare workers from 2026, impose compulsory safety training, ban the use of personal phones by carers and start a trial of CCTV monitoring.