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The Latest Breaking News from Ashley Griffith

'Vile piece of work': notorious abuser to be extradited

Sweeping child safety reforms have been unveiled after a landmark inquiry into a notorious serial pedophile's crimes exposed widespread systemic failures.

AAP · Jun 16

Notorious pedophile fights 'excessive' life sentence

A bid to slash an "excessive" life sentence has been launched by one of Australia's worst pedophiles who was jailed for 307 child sexual offences.

AAP · May 28

'Harrowing' failures to track down horrific pedophile

Australia's worst pedophile should have been stopped long before he was finally caught and sentenced to life in prison, a review has found.

AAP · Dec 8, 2025

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Thousands of reports of abuse have been made in Australian childcare centres. Most alleged perpetrators were allowed to keep working

Exclusive: New data shows the childcare abuse crisis runs far deeper than the government’s proposed fixes. Parents and experts say the system requires children to provide evidence of their own abuse before authorities can act

The Guardian - AU · Jul 27, 2025

Inquiry launched into 'failures' of child protection

The failures of a state's child protection and working-with-children checks will be probed following the jailing of one of Australia's worst pedophiles.

AAP · Jan 21, 2025

Vow to fight childcare predator's life sentence appeal

A state government will "forcefully defend its position" as a former childcare worker seeks to appeal his life sentence for hundreds of sexual abuse offences.

AAP · Jan 15, 2025

Mum says she reported pedophile 13 years before arrest

A police ethical investigation team is reviewing claims a mother reported abuse by one of Australia's worst pedophiles more than a decade before his arrest.

AAP · Dec 19, 2024

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‘We invited him into our home’: parents and victims of Queensland paedophile Ashley Griffith decry ‘horrific abuse’

Prosecutors call for life imprisonment for childcare worker who committed 307 sexual offences against children in Brisbane and Italy

The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2024

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 2, 2024

Ashley Paul Griffith named as childcare worker alleged to be one of Australia’s worst paedophiles

Change to legislation means the childcare worker can now be identified as man accused of 1,623 charges against young girls

The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2023

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