Child abuse prevention


The Baillieu Dump: hundreds of childcare worker permits revoked

A leading child care expert is calling on the Victorian government to tighten its screening of Working with Children permits after it was revealed that more than 300 have been revoked in the past five years.

Another nail in the coffin of Conroy’s Rabbit-Proof Firewall

What a great way to “protect the children”, eh? Take money from the police, where it’d do some good, and instead burn it on a poorly-defined IT project, writes Stigherrian.

Political correctness and the damage done

The usual vocal representatives of the Aboriginal misery industry have been conspicuous by their absence in Crikey this week on the Aurukun case. Perhaps they’re too upset by the travails of Geoff Clark, writes Christian Kerr.