Early Childhood Australia NT is calling for the territory to introduce a reportable conduct scheme for childcare educators, to make it easier for them to report concerns about other workers. A veteran childcare centre director has spoken out about inadequate vetting of new workers’ employment histories in the Northern Territory, which she says leaves potential misconduct unchecked. This week Victoria Police charged a 26-year-old childcare worker with more than 70 offences allegedly relating to eight children at a Melbourne childcare centre. The alleged offender, Joshua Dale Brown, is understood to have worked at 20 childcare centres in Victoria between January 2017 and May 2025. The allegations of child sexual abuse have left parents reeling, with some 1,200 children being recommended to get tested for sexually transmitted infections. By Oliver Chaseling for ABC News Northern Territory.
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