Today’s media update focuses on a call for a new Victorian inquiry following allegations of a cover-up regarding a report on abuse prepared for the Catholic Church. Also featuring are the NSW Ombudsman’s findings on child protection, and the funding challenges of the Take a Break occasional childcare program.
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Church abuse report
- Catholic order "suppressed report on child sex", The Age, 29 August 2011
NSW Ombudsman findings on child protection
- Ombudsman criticises child protection system, ABC Radio National The World Today, 29 August 2011
- NSW child protection system "failing", SBS World News Australia online, 29 August 2011
Funding challenges for Take a Break
- Politicians shouldn’t play hardball with childcare, The Age, 28 August 2011
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