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Employer dodges conviction for child labour offences as regulator flexes muscles

By Rebecca Goulter | 08/10/2020

A lower half body shot of two children on the runway. The left child is walking towards the front wear brown baggy pants and a white t-shirt, and the child on the right is walking away from the frame wearing a sports jacket and sneakers.

In a stark sign of the times, the Victorian Wage Inspectorate (VWI) has claimed its first criminal prosecution under child labour laws, and emphasized that it stands ready, willing and…