Childcare centres may have clear rules for staff numbers, but there are loopholes to get around them
- Written by Tammy Williams, Lecturer, University of New England
There is a growing number of “serious incidents” in Australian early childhood services, including day cares.
A serious incident is one that seriously compromises the health, safety or wellbeing of a child. There were 160 such incidents per 100 services in 2024–25. This is up from 148 and 139 in the previous two years.
These...





