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Childcare worker charged with more than 70 offences including sexual assault
Over 1,000 children have been recommended to undergo health screening after a childcare worker in Melbourne was charged with more than 70 offences, including sexual assault. Joshua Dale Brown, 26, was charged in relation to alleged offences that took place at a centre in the western suburbs. The accused man had worked at multiple centres between 2017 and 2025. Adele Ferguson has been investigating the childcare industry for 7.30.