Overview

• Health authorities report that all STD screenings of around 2,000 children linked to Joshua Brown’s alleged offences have returned negative results.
• Deputy Premier Ben Carroll said hospital staff believe almost all recommended tests have been completed, with final confirmation still pending.
• Brown remains in custody facing 73 charges, including sexual penetration and producing child abuse material against eight infants at a Point Cook early learning centre.
• Investigators have traced Brown’s employment to 23 Melbourne childcare centres, and his lawyer Rishi Nathwani KC has flagged the possibility of additional charges.
• State and federal leaders are fast-tracking a unified childcare worker registry scheduled to go live by the end of August to strengthen oversight.