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Childcare is undergoing a 'reckoning' but safety gaps remain

Adele Ferguson, Chris Gillett, and Dylan Welch · ABC News (AU)

Published 27 Oct 2026, 5:30 am·58 min ago·1 min read

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Governments have introduced sweeping changes to fix systemic failures in childcare, but advocates say a bigger shift is needed to address the dominance of for-profit providers.

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