Overview

• Joshua Dale Brown has been charged with more than 70 sexual offences against eight children at a Point Cook centre after working at 20 sites in Melbourne from 2017 to 2025.
• G8 Education will accelerate CCTV installation across its approximately 400 centres, expand parental input on personal-care routines and commission an independent safety review once criminal proceedings conclude.
• Affinity Education has pledged to roll out cameras at all 250 of its centres, introduce parental preferences for toileting and nappy changes, and require staff to store personal devices in lock-boxes during shifts.
• More than 100 families have contacted law firms and one parent has launched a lawsuit, while Victoria Police have notified about 2,600 households and recommended infectious-disease testing for over 1,200 children.
• A United Workers Union survey of 2,000 educators revealed frequent understaffing at most centres, intensifying industry calls for a national educator registry and stronger working-with-children checks.