Early learning
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- Melbourne childcare crisis
Staff accuse childcare chains of ‘culture of cover-ups’
A trove of internal documents uncovered by this masthead reveal childcare giant Affinity instructs its staff to consider reputation damage before notifying police about child safety allegations.
- Sherryn Groch and Carla Jaeger
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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
‘Pretty appalling’: Fury as parents learn of childcare abuse claims through media
“I don’t know how I’m feeling, I don’t know what to do. They’ve got nothing to say.”
- William Davis, Felicity Caldwell, Courtney Kruk and Matt Dennien
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
Inside the life of alleged Melbourne childcare rapist Joshua Brown
A decade before he was accused of child abuse, Joshua Brown was studying childcare in high school to fast-track his path into a job just weeks after graduating.
- Sherryn Groch and Carla Jaeger
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- Melbourne childcare crisis
Potential child abuse victims sent for more STI tests, as accused paedophile’s work history errors revealed
Parents say the accused child abuser was working with children at an Essendon daycare centre months before authorities say he started there.
- Chris Vedelago, Noel Towell, Broede Carmody and Nicole Precel
- Exclusive
- Melbourne childcare crisis
Parents tell of sleepless nights during ‘traumatic’ wait for child’s STI test results
A family affected by a childcare sexual abuse scandal have told this masthead of their frantic search for answers and a traumatic wait for STI test results for their four-year-old.
- Noel Towell, Nicole Precel, Cassandra Morgan, Chris Vedelago and Broede Carmody
On-site child safety experts, independent regulation called for to combat ‘paedophile’s dream’
Child safety officers should be compulsory at every childcare service, and Victoria should create an independent regulator in the wake of devastating child abuse allegations, safety experts say.
- Wendy Tuohy and Liam Mannix
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- Melbourne childcare crisis
Arrested childcare worker accused of contaminating food with bodily fluids as authorities unveil crackdown
The man accused of abusing eight young children in a childcare centre faces charges that he used bodily fluid to tamper with food, as authorities confirm “several hundred” families have been referred for testing for STIs.
- Rachel Eddie, Liam Mannix, Caroline Schelle, Cassandra Morgan and Chris Vedelago
Melbourne childcare crisis: The new centres Brown worked at, and what else we know
A Melbourne childcare worker is accused of abusing eight children in his care, and more than 1200 children are being tested for sexually transmitted infections. Here’s what we know so far.
- Staff reporters
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/early-learning-hzs