Melbourne childcare crisis
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Revealed: The Sydney childcare centres not meeting national standards
Hundreds of the state’s childcare centres are not meeting standards. Search the full list to find your centre.
- Emily Kowal and Nigel Gladstone
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How childcare providers led police on a wild goose chase for an alleged paedophile
Joshua Brown had been fired from at least three other childcare centres before he was arrested and had glaring errors on his CV, this masthead can reveal.
- Sherryn Groch, Caroline Schelle and Carla Jaeger
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Forget knee-jerk measures – parents know the change needed for safer childcare
As long as childcare centres are places for profit, patch-up solutions like those offered by my centre are all that parents will be offered.
- Wendy Syfret
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My job is to root out dodgy workers. These are the warning signs to look for in childcare
I investigate employee misconduct in the childcare, aged care and education sectors - and I’ve seen how evil infiltrates workplaces.
- Paul O'Halloran
Another childcare centre added to accused paedophile’s list of workplaces
A fifth childcare centre has been added to the updated list of accused paedophile Joshua Brown’s workplaces, bringing the total to 24.
- Caroline Schelle, Carla Jaeger and Sherryn Groch
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After my unsettling encounter with a dad, I get the fear about male childcare workers
I’m a man who works in early education. We owe it to our children to confront our fears about male educators.
- Nick Stephens
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Alleged paedophile worked in 23 childcare centres, and police warn the list may grow
About 800 more children will undergo testing for sexually transmitted infections after authorities added four more childcare centres to the work history of alleged Melbourne sex abuser Joshua Dale Brown.
- Caroline Schelle and Carla Jaeger
‘The system is so broken’: Privacy restrictions helping alleged child abusers, says safety advocate
Restrictions prevent authorities sharing key information, leading to gaps in the working with children check system, a longtime child safety advocate says.
- Caroline Schelle
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Childcare provider says it didn’t think abuse scandal news would hurt share price
G8 Education has defended its communications to investors after child sex abuse charges against a former employee were made public, which shredded 26 per cent off its market value.
- Elias Visontay
Employer investigated Joshua Brown twice before arrest over alleged child sex abuse
Colleagues complained about Joshua Brown grabbing children roughly, prompting two internal investigations by the national childcare giant that employed him.
- Ashleigh McMillan and Gemma Grant
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