STATEWIDE: New mum MP speaks out
New mother, Warrandyte MLA Nicole Werner (pictured), has spoken out after a man was last week charged with 70 childcare offences.
“Like so many parents, I’ve held my baby that muich closer and tighter this week,” Ms Werner said.
“I haven’t had the words to art9iculate how much the news makes me sick to my core and overwhelms me with grief.
“My heart is broken for all the victims and families impacted. I have shed so many tears whilst poring over artcles, of horros that I simply cannot fathom as a parent.
“Our job as politicians is to liste, and to act. The Allan Labor Government has failed to do both.
“Right now, in Victoria, it harder to get a permit to serve beers than to be left alone with a child professionally.
“The system has failed us. The Government has failed us.. How can we live in a world where babies and toddlers were being sexually abused by a staff member of a childcare centre?
“The statistics are chilling. On average, there’s on report a day of sexual misconduct or sexual offences in Victorian childcare centres. My question is – who are the others? Are there more people like this out there? How long has the premier known about these systemic issues?” Ms Werner asked.