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The Advertiser
17-07-2025
- The Advertiser
Calls for childcare register to include work histories
A national childcare worker register should show the employment history of staff after revelations an accused child abuser was sacked from one facility but continued working unimpeded. Joshua Dale Brown, 26, has been charged with more than 70 sex offences against eight alleged victims aged under two at a childcare centre in Melbourne. Authorities have previously said there were no known complaints against him, however childcare giant Nido Early Learning has confirmed Brown was sacked while on probation after completing 18 shifts at a centre in Werribee, in Melbourne's west. The incident happened before he started working at the G8-owned Creative Garden centre at Point Cook in Melbourne's southwest, where he is accused of abusing children between April 2022 and January 2023. A Nido Early Learning spokesperson said Brown was terminated over "unsatisfactory attention" given to an internal incident report related to one child's behaviour towards another child. He was also subject to two misconduct investigations while he was working at G8, both of which found the non-sexual claims involving children were substantiated. He was suspended and then resigned after the second investigation. Both incidents came after the alleged abuse for which he has been charged. Federal and state jurisdictions have promised to fast-track a national register for childcare workers, after it was discovered Brown had worked at 24 facilities since 2017. New laws to strip dodgy childcare centres of federal funding and other changes will be introduced by the government when parliament resumes, however there are concerns that may not be enough to prevent abuse. Early Childhood Australia chief executive Sam Page said the proposed register must provide more oversight on educators' employment histories, including where they have worked and their employment patterns. "What we want to stop is educators demonstrating poor practice or harm towards children from jumping from one service to the next and nobody can see the pattern or complaints," she told AAP. Currently, the only information about educators childcare employers have access to when a worker applies for a job is their CV and referees. Ms Page said the register's board must take firm action against misconduct that may not reach the criminal threshold. "Children are such a vulnerable cohort. It often is difficult to reach that threshold of evidence ... so I do think we need to have better safeguards in place," she said. The parents of about 2000 children who crossed paths with Brown have been told to get them tested for infectious diseases. His work history was updated this week to include five new centres. Investigators have blamed delays on gathering information on his employment on a lack of centralised records, revealing they had to get search warrants to obtain handwritten records, shift rosters and other critical data. Former royal commissioner Robert Fitzgerald, who sat on the inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, said it had been difficult to get Australia's governments to act on recommendations around record keeping and information sharing. "Ten years on ... the job has not yet been done and it has not been done because the nine governments of Australia have not committed the willpower to get it done in a timely manner," Mr Fitzgerald said. "These are all manageable. These are all achievable and my disappointment is that progress has been made, but the job should have been done." The former commissioner said every gap left in safeguarding the sector meant children were put at risk. Early childhood education expert Erin Harper said the proposed register should delineate between criminal activity and non-criminal conduct to protect workers who make one small mistake but still weed out more concerning patterns. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028 A national childcare worker register should show the employment history of staff after revelations an accused child abuser was sacked from one facility but continued working unimpeded. Joshua Dale Brown, 26, has been charged with more than 70 sex offences against eight alleged victims aged under two at a childcare centre in Melbourne. Authorities have previously said there were no known complaints against him, however childcare giant Nido Early Learning has confirmed Brown was sacked while on probation after completing 18 shifts at a centre in Werribee, in Melbourne's west. The incident happened before he started working at the G8-owned Creative Garden centre at Point Cook in Melbourne's southwest, where he is accused of abusing children between April 2022 and January 2023. A Nido Early Learning spokesperson said Brown was terminated over "unsatisfactory attention" given to an internal incident report related to one child's behaviour towards another child. He was also subject to two misconduct investigations while he was working at G8, both of which found the non-sexual claims involving children were substantiated. He was suspended and then resigned after the second investigation. Both incidents came after the alleged abuse for which he has been charged. Federal and state jurisdictions have promised to fast-track a national register for childcare workers, after it was discovered Brown had worked at 24 facilities since 2017. New laws to strip dodgy childcare centres of federal funding and other changes will be introduced by the government when parliament resumes, however there are concerns that may not be enough to prevent abuse. Early Childhood Australia chief executive Sam Page said the proposed register must provide more oversight on educators' employment histories, including where they have worked and their employment patterns. "What we want to stop is educators demonstrating poor practice or harm towards children from jumping from one service to the next and nobody can see the pattern or complaints," she told AAP. Currently, the only information about educators childcare employers have access to when a worker applies for a job is their CV and referees. Ms Page said the register's board must take firm action against misconduct that may not reach the criminal threshold. "Children are such a vulnerable cohort. It often is difficult to reach that threshold of evidence ... so I do think we need to have better safeguards in place," she said. The parents of about 2000 children who crossed paths with Brown have been told to get them tested for infectious diseases. His work history was updated this week to include five new centres. Investigators have blamed delays on gathering information on his employment on a lack of centralised records, revealing they had to get search warrants to obtain handwritten records, shift rosters and other critical data. Former royal commissioner Robert Fitzgerald, who sat on the inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, said it had been difficult to get Australia's governments to act on recommendations around record keeping and information sharing. "Ten years on ... the job has not yet been done and it has not been done because the nine governments of Australia have not committed the willpower to get it done in a timely manner," Mr Fitzgerald said. "These are all manageable. These are all achievable and my disappointment is that progress has been made, but the job should have been done." The former commissioner said every gap left in safeguarding the sector meant children were put at risk. Early childhood education expert Erin Harper said the proposed register should delineate between criminal activity and non-criminal conduct to protect workers who make one small mistake but still weed out more concerning patterns. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028 A national childcare worker register should show the employment history of staff after revelations an accused child abuser was sacked from one facility but continued working unimpeded. Joshua Dale Brown, 26, has been charged with more than 70 sex offences against eight alleged victims aged under two at a childcare centre in Melbourne. Authorities have previously said there were no known complaints against him, however childcare giant Nido Early Learning has confirmed Brown was sacked while on probation after completing 18 shifts at a centre in Werribee, in Melbourne's west. The incident happened before he started working at the G8-owned Creative Garden centre at Point Cook in Melbourne's southwest, where he is accused of abusing children between April 2022 and January 2023. A Nido Early Learning spokesperson said Brown was terminated over "unsatisfactory attention" given to an internal incident report related to one child's behaviour towards another child. He was also subject to two misconduct investigations while he was working at G8, both of which found the non-sexual claims involving children were substantiated. He was suspended and then resigned after the second investigation. Both incidents came after the alleged abuse for which he has been charged. Federal and state jurisdictions have promised to fast-track a national register for childcare workers, after it was discovered Brown had worked at 24 facilities since 2017. New laws to strip dodgy childcare centres of federal funding and other changes will be introduced by the government when parliament resumes, however there are concerns that may not be enough to prevent abuse. Early Childhood Australia chief executive Sam Page said the proposed register must provide more oversight on educators' employment histories, including where they have worked and their employment patterns. "What we want to stop is educators demonstrating poor practice or harm towards children from jumping from one service to the next and nobody can see the pattern or complaints," she told AAP. Currently, the only information about educators childcare employers have access to when a worker applies for a job is their CV and referees. Ms Page said the register's board must take firm action against misconduct that may not reach the criminal threshold. "Children are such a vulnerable cohort. It often is difficult to reach that threshold of evidence ... so I do think we need to have better safeguards in place," she said. The parents of about 2000 children who crossed paths with Brown have been told to get them tested for infectious diseases. His work history was updated this week to include five new centres. Investigators have blamed delays on gathering information on his employment on a lack of centralised records, revealing they had to get search warrants to obtain handwritten records, shift rosters and other critical data. Former royal commissioner Robert Fitzgerald, who sat on the inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, said it had been difficult to get Australia's governments to act on recommendations around record keeping and information sharing. "Ten years on ... the job has not yet been done and it has not been done because the nine governments of Australia have not committed the willpower to get it done in a timely manner," Mr Fitzgerald said. "These are all manageable. These are all achievable and my disappointment is that progress has been made, but the job should have been done." The former commissioner said every gap left in safeguarding the sector meant children were put at risk. Early childhood education expert Erin Harper said the proposed register should delineate between criminal activity and non-criminal conduct to protect workers who make one small mistake but still weed out more concerning patterns. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028 A national childcare worker register should show the employment history of staff after revelations an accused child abuser was sacked from one facility but continued working unimpeded. Joshua Dale Brown, 26, has been charged with more than 70 sex offences against eight alleged victims aged under two at a childcare centre in Melbourne. Authorities have previously said there were no known complaints against him, however childcare giant Nido Early Learning has confirmed Brown was sacked while on probation after completing 18 shifts at a centre in Werribee, in Melbourne's west. The incident happened before he started working at the G8-owned Creative Garden centre at Point Cook in Melbourne's southwest, where he is accused of abusing children between April 2022 and January 2023. A Nido Early Learning spokesperson said Brown was terminated over "unsatisfactory attention" given to an internal incident report related to one child's behaviour towards another child. He was also subject to two misconduct investigations while he was working at G8, both of which found the non-sexual claims involving children were substantiated. He was suspended and then resigned after the second investigation. Both incidents came after the alleged abuse for which he has been charged. Federal and state jurisdictions have promised to fast-track a national register for childcare workers, after it was discovered Brown had worked at 24 facilities since 2017. New laws to strip dodgy childcare centres of federal funding and other changes will be introduced by the government when parliament resumes, however there are concerns that may not be enough to prevent abuse. Early Childhood Australia chief executive Sam Page said the proposed register must provide more oversight on educators' employment histories, including where they have worked and their employment patterns. "What we want to stop is educators demonstrating poor practice or harm towards children from jumping from one service to the next and nobody can see the pattern or complaints," she told AAP. Currently, the only information about educators childcare employers have access to when a worker applies for a job is their CV and referees. Ms Page said the register's board must take firm action against misconduct that may not reach the criminal threshold. "Children are such a vulnerable cohort. It often is difficult to reach that threshold of evidence ... so I do think we need to have better safeguards in place," she said. The parents of about 2000 children who crossed paths with Brown have been told to get them tested for infectious diseases. His work history was updated this week to include five new centres. Investigators have blamed delays on gathering information on his employment on a lack of centralised records, revealing they had to get search warrants to obtain handwritten records, shift rosters and other critical data. Former royal commissioner Robert Fitzgerald, who sat on the inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, said it had been difficult to get Australia's governments to act on recommendations around record keeping and information sharing. "Ten years on ... the job has not yet been done and it has not been done because the nine governments of Australia have not committed the willpower to get it done in a timely manner," Mr Fitzgerald said. "These are all manageable. These are all achievable and my disappointment is that progress has been made, but the job should have been done." The former commissioner said every gap left in safeguarding the sector meant children were put at risk. Early childhood education expert Erin Harper said the proposed register should delineate between criminal activity and non-criminal conduct to protect workers who make one small mistake but still weed out more concerning patterns. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028
Daily Mail
14-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
New reality for parents after daycare worker was charged with 70 child abuses offences
Parents are facing an agonising wait after their toddlers were tested for sexually transmitted diseases following the arrest of accused childcare predator Joshua Brown. Joshua Dale Brown, 26, has been charged with more than 70 child abuse offences, including sexual penetration of a child under 12 and producing child abuse material. The charges also include 'recklessly contaminate goods to cause alarm or anxiety,' which is understood to refer to the alleged contamination of food with bodily fluids. Days before his arrest, Brown was working in the kitchen at Papilio Early Learning Centre in Essendon and was helping with meal preparation while the chef was away. The alleged offences occurred during Brown's employment at Creative Garden Early Learning Centre Point Cook, where he worked from October 2021 to February 2024. His eight alleged victims were aged between five months and two years old and were enrolled at the Point Cook childcare centre. Following his arrest, the Victorian Department of Health and Victoria Police issued an urgent warning urging parents of 1,200 children to take them to the doctor for STI testing. The horrified parents have revealed that even with a clean bill of health, there is still a 'dark cloud' weighing on their minds, as Brown had been around their children. One mother explained her family has already suffered emotional damage and that work on their mental health is needed to put the ordeal behind them. 'Even when the urine tests come back negative, which I'm hoping and praying they do, this will always be a dark cloud hanging over our heads,' she told 'We will never have complete peace of mind or certainty over what exposure Joshua Brown had with our kids.' One father shared the traumatic experience of having his seven-year-old daughter tested for STIs. The dad claimed the testing not only affected him, his wife, and their daughter, but also that the pathologist, receptionists, and doctor were 'visibly upset.' 'My daughter was saying 'Daddy, this is really hurting me, make the lady stop,'' the father told the Herald Sun. 'The urine test was OK, she thought it was quite amusing, but the blood tests … They had to take two full vials so the needle was in her arm for quite a long time.' He labelled the tests as the easy part of the ordeal, claiming the agonising wait for the results, which could take up to seven days, filled him with anxiety. 'It's every bit as bad as you think it's going to be. Every time my phone rings … I get anxiety, every time it rings,' he said. Other parents are trying to figure out whether their children, who attended childcare centres across the state, had come into contact with Brown. Victoria Police published a list of 20 childcare centres where Brown worked over an eight-year period between January 2017 and May 2025. However, other centres not on the list have confirmed Brown was on staff. One mother, whose children attend a Milestones centre, discovered Brown was at the childcare on December 5, 2024, after using Storypark — a platform that provides parents with updates on their child's day. 'I feel so sick and upset, that's two days we now know of,' the mum told 'Will there be more days discovered and who will tell us? Or do we have to investigate with the news to be our people who find the truth?' The mum added it was sad that parents had to investigate for themselves, rather than authorities or centres being proactive in informing them. A father explained it was becoming 'sickening' trying to work out whether his child visited a centre on the same day as Brown. Another mother said she could not sleep because of the uncertainty over whether Brown had crossed paths with her children. In the wake of Brown's arrest, three of Australia's largest childcare operators have announced they would be implementing safeguards to protect children. Goodstart, G8 Education, and Affinity — which account for more than 30 per cent of long daycare providers nationwide — have already implemented safeguards, including CCTV cameras. G8 Education issued a market update to the ASX stating it would accelerate the rollout of CCTV cameras across its centres after trialling them at several locations. The childcare provider also intends to commission an independent review once Brown's criminal proceedings are finalised. 'These allegations are deeply disturbing, and our hearts go out to the children and families involved,' G8 Education Chief Executive Pejman Okhovat said. 'I am deeply sorry for the unimaginable pain caused to our families and what they are going through.' Meanwhile, Affinity is immediately installing CCTV and secure lock boxes across all its centres, a move which is set to cost around $10million. The childcare industry has also welcomed the government's move to strengthen protections for children. Brown is set to face court in September.
ABC News
09-07-2025
- ABC News
More than 100 parents consider suing childcare centres embroiled in sexual abuse scandal
A Melbourne mother has said she was left feeling "sick to the pit of her stomach" after discovering her young son attended a childcare centre where a man — now accused of sexually assaulting multiple children — had been employed. The mother, who the ABC has chosen not to identify, said she thought she had done her "due diligence" when selecting a G8 Education childcare centre to look after her son. She said she never imagined a staff member employed to keep her child safe could be charged with abuse. "I expect at a bare minimum that [my] child will be safe and protected and cared for with the same level of care that I provide all my family." The mother is now among more than 100 families considering legal action against childcare centres across Melbourne in the wake of the revelations. It comes after Joshua Dale Brown, 26, was last week charged with more than 70 offences against eight children, aged between five months and two years. The children were under the care of G8's Creative Garden Early Learning Centre in Melbourne's western suburbs. Victoria Police has identified 20 centres where Mr Brown worked, along with his "known employment dates", and is in the process of reaching out to hundreds of affected families. However, some parents have raised concerns over delays in information and say that Mr Brown may have worked at certain centres on more days than initially listed by authorities. Allegations of offending at a second childcare centre in Essendon are also being investigated. Principal lawyer at Arnold Thomas & Becker, Jodie Harris said she had been contacted by dozens of "distressed" parents in the wake of the allegations. The Melbourne legal firm is now preparing to seek significant compensation for affected families, likely on an individual basis rather than through a class action, as families report medical expenses and severe emotional and financial impacts. Ms Harris said parents have had to give up work to stay home with their children and are "suffering their own mental health conditions" as they are "so concerned that they've put their child in a position where they may have been abused". "A major red flag for us in considering actions on behalf of families is just the sheer amount of access [Mr Brown] had one-on-one with children to allow this [alleged] offending to occur," she said. So far, G8 Education — Australia's largest ASX-listed early childhood company, which operates more than 400 centres across Australia under more than 20 brands — has been embroiled in the scandal, as well as industry giant Affinity Education, which has received numerous complaints in the ACT. Ms Harris said independent childcare centres where Mr Brown worked could also be taken to task in court over systemic failures, the adequacy of child protection measures and how the alleged offender was employed in the first place. "By the time we talk about parents and affected children, unfortunately, sometimes there's more than one child affected within the family," she said. "We have in excess of 400 to 500 people affected by this alleged abuse." Ms Harris said parents were "incredibly angry" and distressed by the lack of information from authorities and childcare centres, saying "they're not being told when he worked, they're not being told what rooms he was in, they're not being told what access he had to their children". She said some parents had been relying on an official app to check if their child had been exposed to Mr Brown, but she said some centres had deleted relevant material, such as photographs, hindering their efforts. At a press conference on Tuesday morning, Deputy Premier and Education Minister, Ben Carroll, said he was trying to get as much "accurate, factual and transparent" information as possible to families and the public. He said Victoria Police and the Department of Health "are putting every resource into this". "There is a lot of checking of back of house resources on exactly when, where and what dates," he said. "There is a lot of work occurring at the childcare centres as well but it is trying to be as coordinated as possible." After G8 Education announced on Tuesday that it would install CCTV at all of its 400 centres, a second childcare centre where Mr Brown was employed has announced it would do the same. Affinity Education Group operates 250 early education centres, several of which Mr Brown worked across. "We understand the concern and anxiety this news has caused within our community, not only for those directly involved, but for all families who entrust us with the care of their children," it said in a statement.
Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Top cop reveals the twisted way paedophiles pick off their victims like wild beasts hunting down dinner - and how being a no-nonsense alpha dad could be key for your child's safety
A top child abuse detective has revealed the chilling way evil paedophile predators handpick young victims, and how alpha parents help keep their kids safe. The warning comes after Joshua Dale Brown, 26, was accused of horrific child abuse at Creative Garden Early Learning Centre Point Cook in west Melbourne, along with a string of other centres where he worked. Brown is now facing more than 70 charges, including the sexual penetration of a child and producing child abuse material, with 1,300 families told to have their kids tested for STDs. The father of one child, who was at the Point Cook centre at the same time as Brown, has revealed how his no-nonsense attitude intimidated the childcare worker. 'I'm a big solid guy and I'm very direct and confident,' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'I tried to make conversation with Josh most mornings for a year, and he would turn away or look at the floor.' Former child sexual abuse detective Luke Taylor has told Daily Mail Australia how serial abusers profile victims the way wild animals stalk prey, and target the weakest. 'They weigh up their prey, and only take on those they can predate,' Mr Taylor said. 'They choose the young animals on the outskirts, the vulnerable, those isolated from the pack.' Mr Taylor said predators are drawn to children without strong male figures around them and actively avoid situations where they might be challenged. 'Like the herd, strong males will protect the young and vulnerable,' he said. 'If a child has strong male influences, who are both visible and heard, these men will shy away from them. 'They are opportunists and understand how to survive in the undergrowth. They do not take on larger predators. 'A strong male presence will scare these men. They are incapable of standing up to strong people or other men. They often surround themselves with others like themselves, but usually only one other, in a tight circle.' Mr Taylor said many offenders deliberately target single mothers with young children, using manipulation and deception to gain trust. 'Many men will choose single mothers, appearing as a white knight to work their way into their confidence, grooming both mother and child,' he said. 'They are often financially and psychologically vulnerable, and the offender triangulates one against the other to build alliances and maintain confidentiality. 'The child is led to believe that if they tell, they will be responsible for destroying the family they are becoming.' He explained that these predators often isolate both mother and child from their support networks, making them increasingly dependent on the offender. 'They gaslight them from their friends until they only have 'him' in their life,' Mr Taylor said. 'They are nearly always victims of sexual abuse themselves, by other men, father figures, trusted men in their lives. 'They have accepted this as either normal or a rite of passage. 'It's about power - having had power taken from them and they assert the power back on others, thinking, "No one helped me." 'They convince themselves that because they suffered, it's okay for others to suffer. It is not rational thought.' Brown's charges relate to his employment at the daycare centre where he worked between October 2021 and February 2024. He also worked at more than a dozen other centres across Melbourne between 2017 and 2025. Brown is also charged with recklessly contaminating goods to cause alarm or anxiety, which is understood to refer to the alleged contamination of food with bodily fluids. Police said the alleged victims were between five months and two years old. Last week, the Point Cook father was one of hundreds to receive a text message from Victoria Police and the state health department about the investigation into 'alleged incidents in childcare centres'. 'We understand this may be upsetting, and we want to assure you that help is available,' it read. The text also explained they would receive an email with more information. The Point Cook father-of-one is relieved that his son does not appear to be one of Brown's alleged victims. 'I always tried to make conversation and find out more about him,' he said. 'I'd ask him what he did at the weekend and he wouldn't give much away. 'But my son never changed in temperament during that year. He is a happy and confident kid. He still goes to that daycare and he loves it there.' Three steps to keeping your kids safe Luke Taylor - who spent 14 years in the forces including the Child Protection Sex Crimes Squad- says there are precautions parents can take to keep their children safe. Here's his vital three-step guide every parent needs to read STEP ONE Overall body language and demeanour are things you should look at when meeting new people who are around your children. Ask yourself - Do they avoid confrontations with men? Are they working in a vulnerable industry? Is the industry dominated by women? Do they have authority over others in any capacity? Eye contact is not always a sign something is wrong, and there are a lot of shy people and increasingly poor communicators in our world, but it should be taken into account. STEP TWO Get to know your childcare workers and anyone in regular contact with your children. Have parent-teacher interviews and ask questions about their personal and social life. Let them know you are active in your child's life. Many victims grow up to work in child or animal industries, pouring the love they didn't receive into the vulnerable. They are the providers, carers, but for men who are paedophile predators, they may also have ulterior motives. STEP THREE The key measure to protect against these people is removing opportunity. Criminal proof requires motive, ability and opportunity. With sex offenders, the motive is power, more than sex. I believe it is impossible to remove ability because of their drive, and chemical or actual castration is not enough.
Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Distraught mum reveals the offer alleged childcare paedophile Joshua Brown made that still haunts her to this day
A mum is haunted by how close she came to allowing a childcare worker accused of dozens of sickening offences inside her home to babysit her daughter. Joshua Dale Brown, 26, was charged with more than 70 child abuse offences last week, including the sexual penetration of a child and producing child abuse material. The alleged offences occurred during Brown's employment at Creative Garden Early Learning Centre Point Cook, where he worked between October 2021 and February 2024. Melbourne mum Melody Glaister is among hundreds of parents left reeling by the news and took to social media to express her horror. Her daughter, now six, attended the daycare centre during the entirety of Brown's employment at the centre. Ms Glaister revealed he was her daughter's favourite educator and that he had even offered private babysitting services on more than one occasion. 'It haunts my husband and I that we seriously considered accepting his offer,' she wrote. 'It is distressing to the point where my husband no longer trusts anyone to care for her other than ourselves.' Ms Glaister claimed Brown asked about her daughter when the pair crossed paths earlier this year. 'He was bubbly and always wanted to be around the children, which at the time I thought was a good quality,' she told the Herald Sun. 'I've had so many conversations with him, (the charges) came as a complete shock.' Her daughter was one of 1,200 children who had to be tested for sexually transmitted infections last week in the wake of the allegations against Brown. It was her little girl's first-ever blood test. 'Having to explain to her that she needed to undergo that kind of testing … that was also something that no parent should ever have to go through,' Ms Glaister said. She is among hundreds of parents now demanding answers from the childcare centre. 'We have had to have conversations with our child that no parent should ever have to. Let alone one so young,' Ms Glaister posted online. 'Please, on behalf of all those currently seeking answers as to what went wrong, we need proper accountability and WE NEED CHANGE NOW! For the sake of our precious and innocent children.' Brown worked at 20 childcare centres over an eight-year period between January 2017 and May 2025. He was not known to police before his arrest and had a valid Working With Children Check, which has since been cancelled.
