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Premier 'horrified' as childcare worker charged with sexual assault | Testing urged for 1,200 after south-west Melbourne childcare worker charged with sexual assaults (www.abc.net.au)
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[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To get a WWCC, you can go online and fill out a form. As long as you don't have a criminal history, it seems like they'll just give you one. I don't know how they can overhaul this, but I hope the investigation they do gives them a way to figure it out.

I hope the children are okay.

[โ€“] Quokka@quokk.au 8 points 1 month ago

A WWCC is simply a background check. It cannot tell if a person is good or going to commit a crime in the future.

The solution is to end for-profit centres and promote even higher ratios to ensure educators are supported and that there is never a situation for one to be alone with children to commit such an act.