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Sydney childcare centre censured for taping toddlers’ mouths shut

A north shore childcare centre has received a formal warning after educators taped toddlers’ mouths shut as part of a “breathing exercise”.

  • Emily Kowal

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Working with children checks are under the spotlight.

Authorities thought a psychologist was a violent abuser but let him work with children for months

A man who was an innocent victim of mistaken identity says his case shows gaps in the working with children scheme that pose unacceptable safety risks.

  • Rachel Eddie
Ramesh Shrestha says male early educators are facing discrimination and having shifts cancelled due to the allegations that Joshua Brown sexually abused children in his care.

‘They’ve sent a male’: Childcare centres shadow-ban men

Male early learning educators say they are being stood down, dismissed from casual pools or having their work placements cancelled.

  • Nicole Precel
Education Minister Jason Clare said the bill to tackle abuse in childcare centres would not leave parents stranded if a location closed.

Failing childcare centres will get grace period before funding is pulled

Child safety advocates say the bill introduced to parliament on Wednesday will not fix the systemic problems facing the sector.

  • Nick Newling and Nicole Precel
Education Minister Ben Carroll says children’s commissioner role must be filled urgently.

Pressure grows on Labor for answers on childcare safety crisis

Criticism is mounting over critical role left vacant and unheeded warnings that children were in danger.

  • Noel Towell
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‘Children will be abused’: Childcare warning the state ignored

The children’s watchdog warned for years that an underfunded protection scheme would result in abuse.

  • Noel Towell
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A court has granted detectives more time to investigate accused paedophile Joshua Brown.

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
Investors are demanding answers over what G8 Education knew about alleged childcare abuser Joshua Brown.

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
Delilah Lewis with her broken arm in 2023.

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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