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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jonathan Barrett Business editor

Super funds demand answers from for-profit childcare operator where children were allegedly sexually abused

Childcare centres that were run by a variety of for-profit providers, including Affinity Education and G8 Education, employed accused paedophile, Joshua Dale Brown.
Childcare centres that were run by a variety of for-profit providers, including Affinity Education and G8 Education, employed Joshua Dale Brown, who has been charged with more than 70 offences relating to eight alleged victims. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Socially responsible superannuation and managed funds that invested in a childcare operator where children were alleged to have been sexually abused have demanded the company respond to concerns over their child welfare and employee screening processes.

Joshua Dale Brown, 26, who has been charged with more than 70 offences relating to eight alleged victims – aged between five months and two years old – worked at 20 childcare centres across Melbourne between 2017 and 2025, according to police.

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