The Victorian government has ordered an urgent review of childcare safety after allegations of sexual abuse by a worker, announcing plans for a state-run staff register, new fines and potentially installing CCTV in all centres, as it criticised the “frustratingly slow” pace of federal reform.
Joshua Dale Brown, 26, was charged in May with more than 70 offences relating to eight alleged victims aged between five months and two years old, who attended a centre in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
