Select Committee on the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector in Victoria

Inquiry into the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector in Victoria

Accepting submissions | The Committee is inviting submissions until 30 November 2025

Make a submission

The Committee is inviting submissions to the inquiry. Submissions can be made using the form below. The closing date for submissions is 30 November 2025.

Note: The Committee cannot investigate criminal matters or allegations. 

If you have allegations of criminal activity or you’d like information on the police investigation, contact Victoria Police directly on Triple Zero (000) or contacts on the right.

Victoria Police Investigation of alleged incidents in childcare centres

Victoria Police is investigating alleged sexual assaults linked to former childcare worker Joshua Brown. Victoria Police also have dedicated help lines for any affected families and childcare workers.

For more information about the investigation visit  https://www.vic.gov.au/childcare-centres-investigation.

Reporting child sexual abuse to Victoria Police

To report child sexual abuse to the police:

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Our making a submission page has more information including about confidentiality and parliamentary privilege.

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Before completing this form, please read and agree to the following information.

 

If the Committee accepts your submission, your name and submission will be published on the Committee’s website.

 

Your contact details, including your address, email and phone number, will not be published. We ask these questions for verification purposes only.

 

If you have reasons to request that your name or submission remain private, you may do so later in this form.

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Your submission

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Wherever possible, the Committee prefers to publish names and submissions on its website. The Committee may also quote your submission in its report to the Parliament.

If you have reasons to request that your name or submission remain private, you may do so below. You must set out the reason for your request clearly so that the Committee can make a decision.

Please note that we remove personal information such as residential addresses, email addresses and phone numbers from all submissions prior to publication.

 

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