Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, , 5:26:02 to 5:27:59
The committee discusses the findings of NAS group and KPMG reports on CCTV usage in early childhood centers, noting that education ministers will consider the results in an upcoming meeting.
Topics: Child safety, Education
Speakers: Senator Matt O'Sullivan, Mr. Brendan Moon, Ms. Kylie Crane, Senator Marielle Smith, Unknown Speaker
uh commence questions and Senator
>> Uh, I want to ask about uh safety uh in uh in child care. The department's website says that NAS group and KPMG have provided their final reports and advice. Have education ministers now considered those findings and what decisions have they made?
>> Senator Kylie Crane in
>> relation to the CCTV sorry
>> deputy secretary early childhood. Um the education ministers will consider those uh the findings from that at their meeting next week.
>> Next week uh will the reports and summaries be made public?
>> That'll be a decision for education ministers
Turning to how CCTV is used in practice, did the assessment examine whether services routinely review the footage or generally access it only after a complaint uh injury or any other
>> Uh Senator, without going to the content of what was in there, um Mr. Moon and M.
>> What do we know about the practice?
>> Talk about the scope of of um services and who and what um and to the extent that we can answer the question without disclosing what's in the report, we will
>> So, thank you, Senator Brendan Moon, First Assistant Secretary, Childare Childcare Integrity Division. Um as Miss Crane has said, uh the National Assessment has studied a range of things in terms of the usage of CCTV in early childhood centers. That does include um many factors such as technical standards, placement um as you say whether things are reviewed routinely or post incident um and and other manners how this how the technology and the footage and the findings might be used.