Thursday, 14 August 2025

 Chris CREWTHER (Mornington) (09:44): I went to kindergarten at Bennett Road Kindergarten in Horsham, a great kindergarten, as the member for Lowan would attest to. My two sisters did child care and kinder in Horsham and my brother did kinder and child care there, so what has happened with convicted sex offender Ronald Marks could have happened to us. Indeed it could have happened to any of my kids or our kids or your kids. But what has happened there with him attending the Walk for Reconciliation in Horsham as recently as May 2015 and with the failed oversight by this government of the working with children check system, to the point where the working with children check was still active as of this morning, is absolutely disgraceful. So I continue with my colleagues to call on this government to take urgent action in this space.