Victoria Police
Six key dates at centre of childcare rape allegations against Joshua Brown
New details have emerged of the extent of the criminal charges against a childcare worker accused of sexually abusing babies and toddlers between April 2022 and January 2023.
- Carla Jaeger and Sherryn Groch
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Daycare chain’s investors demand answers over childcare safety crisis
Shareholders want explanations from childcare chain G8 following revelations by this masthead over its handling of the Joshua Dale Brown case.
- Carla Jaeger, Noel Towell and Sherryn Groch
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Exiled tobacco kingpin linked to fire that killed innocent burlesque dancer
Police suspect Kazem “Kaz” Hamad of ordering the botched Truganina arson attack from overseas and have set a $500,000 reward for information.
- Hannah Hammoud
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Leave legal electric bike riders alone
Readers discuss the pros and cons of requiring the registration of e-bikes.
‘We will find those drivers’: Police investigate Chapel Street hoons
Hundreds of people watched on as a group of hoons descended on Chapel Street in South Yarra on Saturday night in the name of “bringing back Chap laps”.
- Ashleigh McMillan and Roy Ward
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- Road safety
Coroner calls for e-bikes to be registered as motorcycles
Coroner Audrey Jamieson said Nitin Haldipur Prabhu’s death was a tragic reminder of the importance for greater regulations of e-bikes.
- Hannah Hammoud
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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
- Letters
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‘Confected furore’, ‘trust-breaker’: Readers debate donation from Jillian Segal’s husband
Readers discuss whether the role of Jillian Segal as envoy to combat antisemitism is compromised by her husband’s $50,000 donation to the Advance lobby group.
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Call for driver medical checks smacks of ageism
Readers have differing views as to whether elderly drivers should face mandatory tests to continue driving when they of a certain age.
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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