AdvertisementExclusive TechnologyAI Red flags: A tech company claims it can identify Australia’s most at-risk children David Swan August 4, 2026 — 7:30pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. The company says its eponymously named SAFE system is already in use in more than 1000 early childhood services. Changes to national laws governing the industry took effect on February 27, making children’s safety the paramount legal consideration, creating a workers’ register and mandating carers to attend child safety training by August 27. Those cases involved alleged abuse at childcare centres though, rather than abuse elsewhere detected by an educator. While the childcare industry homed in on early childhood education standards, care and safety were left as an afterthought.