The Queensland Regulatory Authority (Department of Education) recently prosecuted Okeedokee Kids Pty Ltd as Trustee for Okeedokee Kids Trust, approved provider of Okeedokee Early Learning centre Coomera Rivers, for breach of sections 165(1) and 167(1); and Regulations 99 and 170(1). The incident involved two children aged 22 months and 2 years being found by a member of the public outside the service, near a main road, having left the service through an unlatched gate. The approved provider pleaded guilty before the Southport Magistrates Court and was fined $15,600 plus $1,500 costs. Further details can be found on the enforcement actions website, media release, as well as in a report on ABC Online.,
Mick Ogrizek
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