This week, The Examiner ran a series of stories that made many readers shake their heads in disbelief - not just because of the alleged behaviour we uncovered, but because of the system that set up a scenario in which it could happen twice.

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An educator, fired by a private school in Northern Tasmania after an internal investigation found they posed a serious grooming risk, was later hired at a public primary school in Launceston. Let that sink in. Not blocked. Not flagged. Rehired and given access to a new cohort of children.

That is not a misunderstanding. Not a result of tardy paperwork. It was a systemic failure.

The private school's dismissal letter, which The Examiner has seen, makes the risk to the school community crystal clear: The educator made students feel anxious, fearful, and unsafe. The person repeatedly contacted current and former students through social media. Our journalists saw messages asking where a former student lived. There were attempts to meet up with students, and apologies for "creeping out" a student. The dismissal letter outlined how the educator had supervised students on camps and had access to isolated and vulnerable children. The school concluded that the educators' continued employment was not in the best........

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