Child sexual offender caught working at Queensland daycare
The 44-year-old NSW man appeared in court on Thursday. He was employed at Beenleigh Montessori Early learning Centre, carrying out odd jobs, 7NEWS reported.
His wife, 46, was the director at the centre.
The man was convicted of sexually abusing a child in NSW in 2007. He spent eight months in prison, and is banned from working with children.
On Wednesday night the man was arrested at his Logan home.
Police said there have been no reported incidents at the Beenleigh centre.
The 44-year-old faced court on Thursday and pleaded guilty to two child protection breaches.
He was fined $2000.
The owner of the centre said they did not know about the man's criminal history.
In a different case, a man has been charged with indecently treating a child at a Brisbane childcare centre run by embattled provider Affinity Education Group.
The 21-year-old Cleveland man was charged earlier in July, the Queensland Police Service confirmed on Thursday.
'It is alleged the offence involving a four-year-old child occurred at a Tingalpa child care facility on July 10,' police said in a statement.
The man has been charged with one count of indecent treatment of a child.
The centre is owned by Affinity, which also employed alleged pedophile Joshua Dale Brown at several centres across Melbourne before his arrest this year.
In a statement, the company said it had stood down the Cleveland man after reporting the matter to the police.
Sussan Ley says the Coalition 'stands ready' to work 'constructively' with Labor to enact stronger childcare policies and called on the states to 'step up'.
This comes after Victorian childcare worker Joshua Brown, 26, was hit with 70 child abuse charges.
In a separate incident on Wednesday, a 21-year-old Queensland man was also charged with indecent treatment of a child at a Brisbane childcare centre.
Speaking from Moreton Bay, Queensland, the Opposition Leader said parents 'don't have the confidence' or the 'faith and trust' in centres to look after their children and keep them safe.
'Our children are precious and it is disgusting and unacceptable that these incidences have taken place, and it makes me feel physically sick every time I hear of something,' she said.
'It's our young children and babies who are at risk in childcare centres with these hideous individuals on the loose.'
Education Minister Jason Clare is set to introduce new legislation that will allow the Commonwealth to pull funding from centres that are not complying with standards and allow anti-fraud officers to undertake snap investigations without a warrant or police presence.
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