AUSTRALIA
New Zealand Herald
The South Australian government is prepared to consider radical laws, including banning men from working as child carers, after a carer was accused of horrific child sex abuse.
A 32-year-old Adelaide man employed by Families SA has been charged with seven counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with young children under his watch at a residential care facility.
Premier Jay Weatherill has flagged a royal commission into the sexual abuse of children, and foreshadowed “radical changes” to child protection protocols.
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