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Reforms in need By Callum Ludwig
Some of Animal Aid’s current occupants in the outdoor play area. (Stewart Chambers: 489306)
Allegations denied by Animal Aid Allegations of neglect and mistreatment of animals in the care of Coldstream’s Animal Aid have been unreservedly denied by the organ-
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isation after they came to light in a recent article but more people have also aired concerns. To read the full story, turn to page 4
Reforms following revelations of alleged child abuse across numerous childcare centres at the hands of one man has sparked both concern and a call to better analyse what went wrong. G8 Education, the former employer of Joshua Brown, which operates over 400 childcare centres around the country, including five in the outer east unveiled a suite of reforms it would enact including the installation of CCTV in all its centres, expanding individual learning plans and commissioning an independent review. With Mooroolbark, Chirnside Park, Croydon and Healesville all hosting a G8 Education centre, these changes are set to hit in the near future.
But General Manager of ChildSafe Australia and outer east local Neil Milton said some other centres have also indicated that CCTV would be something they’d look at installing. “I think knee-jerk reactions are not the solution to a widespread problem, it needs to be analysed what went wrong and what is going wrong in the sector and then start from there in preventing these incidents,” he said. “Parents should be able to trust early childhood education centres that when they drop off their children that they will be safe, that the centres have put everything in place including the child safety standards that are law.” Find the full story on page 3
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