Spain mourns after deadly train crash + ...

Thursday Headlines: 

• At least 68 killed in Spanish high-speed train crash 
• Chance of a rate hike firms up after inflation rises 
• Ashley Paul Griffith extradited from Queensland to NSW to face further charges 
• Netanyahu's bloc loses majority
• Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate touches down in the US
• Melanie Lynskey cast as Erin Patterson

Deep Dive: The horrific abuse of infants at a remote Queensland childcare centre has once again exposed deep, systemic failures across Australia's $20 billion childcare sector.   

It's revealed hundreds of providers that are currently operating completely outside national quality framework standards.   

In this episode of The Briefing, ABC investigative journalist Adele Ferguson sits down with Sacha Barbour Gatt to break down the investigation and ask how these dangerous regulatory blind spots are able to persist. 

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