Sunday's news in under 2 minutes.

1. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced an inquiry into the Australian childcare system. Concerned about the relevancy of the current childcare system to modern families, the Coalition says it wants to produce a more ‘flexible, affordable and accessible’ childcare sector.

“Our childcare system should be responsive to the needs of today’s families and today’s economy, not the five-day, 9am-5pm working week of last century,” Mr. Abbott said this morning. This will be the first examination into the child care system since the 1990s.

2. The annual ‘schoolies week’ on the Gold Coast has kicked off, with 9 teenagers arrested last night for alcohol and public nuisance offences. Arrest figures are currently lower than last years’ – however, there are still three weeks left of the post-school celebrations.

3. The Opposition has questioned Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s decision to retire two navy boats to Sri Lanka. Senator Penny Wong questioned why the government informed the media of this story but continued to not release information on boat arrivals. Speaking this morning on Channel 10’s ‘Meet the Press’ Senator Wong questioned the motives of the government, saying “This is a government that just doles out the information it wants to dole out … but refuses to front up to the parliament and tell Australians what’s occurring”.

4. Fairfax media are reporting that Sydney’s North Shore has become the city’s new red light district, with over 34 illegal brothels currently in operation. Suburbs such as Neutral Bay and Cremorne have been flooded with brothel openings according to the investigation, with over 19 illegal brothels in the Willoughby council alone.

The news comes as the NSW government continues to stall on their 2010 plan to stop illegal brothels opening.

5. The former state representative for Bulimba, Di Farmer, was expect to contest the ALP preselection for Kevin Rudd’s recently vacated federal seat in Griffith – but has revealed she will not be running. Ms Farmer cited family reasons as the motivation behind her decision.

6. News Ltd has reported that a 54-year-old teacher from Mount Gambier, who was one the 13 South Australians reported or arrested in regards to shutting down an online child pornography ring, is currently on sick leave and continuing to receive his pay – which is taxpayer funded. The man was reported for possessing child exploitation material, but according to police the mater did not relate to children at the school.