EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS TO BE REGISTERED IN MAJOR SAFETY BOOST

BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 29 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Minister for Education and the Arts

The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek

* Early childhood teachers working in regulated long day care centres and kindergartens will require mandatory teacher registration under changes to boost safety of children. * Reform part of broader suite of child protection reforms being delivered by the Crisafulli Government, strengthened safeguards and uplift of profession status of early childhood teachers. * TheCrisafulli Government is making Queensland children safer after a decade of decline under Labor.

The Crisafulli Government will require all early childhood teachers to be regist...