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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

Melbourne childcare worker charged with sexual abuse offences as 1,200 children to be tested for infectious diseases

Victorian health authorities are recommending that 1,200 children are tested for infectious diseases after a Melbourne childcare worker was charged with allegedly sexually abusing infants and children in his care.

Police on Tuesday confirmed that a Point Cook resident, Joshua Brown, 26, had been charged in May with more than 70 offences relating to eight alleged victims aged between five months and two years old.

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