Tas education system protected pedophiles

By EducationHQ News Team
Published November 9, 2021

Serial child sex abusers were allowed to continue teaching in Tasmania for decades as concerns, complaints and ineffectual responses "literally piled up".

Tasmania's education department was found to be more concerned with protecting itself than children.

An inquiry into the state education department's responses to child sexual abuse released its findings on Tuesday, along with 21 recommendations which ...

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