00:00The request from this parliament to the government was simple.
00:05Release documents detailing childcare safety issues in Victoria.
00:09But Labor has refused.
00:11Oh, that sends a pretty clear message to Victorian parents and families
00:15that this government is more concerned and interested in a political damage control
00:21than they are interested in the care and nurturing of our children
00:26in the early childcare settings.
00:28In the New South Wales parliament, a similar motion yielded damning documents.
00:32This is about exposing the failures in the system which have been ongoing
00:37for a really long time.
00:39The system is in crisis.
00:41I don't think we can have a kind of global confidence in the system
00:45when so much information is hidden.
00:47Confidence in childcare has been shattered in recent weeks,
00:50with regulation and staff oversight emerging as the key issues.
00:54The Greens, who take up these seats in the parliament,
00:57are now demanding the government set up an independent childcare safety watchdog.
01:01Because right now the government is marking their own homework.
01:04Defying parliament's will is an increasing trend.
01:07Failure by executive government to comply with orders by the parliament
01:13for the production of documents shows us that the democratic process
01:18is not working as it should here in Victoria.
01:22The distressing allegations levelled childcare worker Joshua Dale Brown
01:26have thrown a spotlight onto the sector.
01:28And since 70 charges were laid against him,
01:30revelations have painted a picture of a broken system,
01:33where authorities aren't talking to each other and complaints ignored.
01:37The state government is under huge pressure to act,
01:39and it says changes are coming.
01:41But that might just require greater transparency.
01:44The state government is under huge pressure to enter the sector,
01:45and we would have seen a clear reaction.
01:46The state government is under huge pressure to raise the data
01:47and let the state government is under huge pressure to take place.
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