A deeply disturbing investigation by The Age has revealed that hundreds of children have been abused in Australian childcare settings — not by staff, but by other children. The report tells the story of a mother identified only as “Rose,” who arrived to collect her six-year-old daughter from after-school care only to be confronted with gut-wrenching news about what had happened. The investigation raises urgent questions about supervision standards, incident reporting, and the systemic failures that allow such abuse to occur in environments parents trust implicitly. It is, as the headline starkly puts it, “one of the worst nightmares” a parent can face.
Walter Murrow
March 25, 2026
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