Western Metropolitan Region
Trung LUU (Western Metropolitan) (14:39): (1682) My constituency question is for the Minister for Children. My question is: can the minister please update my constituents on the loophole that currently exists whereby accused sex offenders are able to continue working with children while awaiting prosecution for crimes against minors? We are all shocked and deeply saddened by the disturbing incidents of alleged sex offences against minors in childcare centres. Many reportedly occurred in my electorate of Western Metropolitan. It is horrific to learn that accused perpetrators are being allowed to return to work with children while under police investigation and despite it being flagged. This is a failure of the government. We must act now to ensure this does not happen again. When dealing with children, the system should have better communication between government agencies to suspend all accused perpetrators’ working with children checks pending charges. I look forward to hearing from the minister because my constituents need to ensure that their children are safe.