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Over 1,000 children in Australia urged to undergo STI tests after childcare abuse charges

Sex crime squad detectives said Joshua Brown had worked at 20 different childcare centres

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2025

The Melbourne childcare sexual abuse charges: what we know so far and what affected families should do

Joshua Brown, 26, has been charged with more than 70 offences with police also investigating allegations of offending at a second Melbourne daycare centre

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2025

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

Victoria police allege Point Cook man Joshua Brown sexually assaulted infants and children in his care at a western suburbs childcare centre

The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2025

Teenager taken into custody over fatal Sunshine stabbing as victim identified as Pasawm Lyhym

A teenage boy stabbed to death at a train station in Melbourne's west on Thursday has been remembered as a good and kind person.

ABC News · May 19, 2023

Teenager arrested over 16-year-old's stabbing death

Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy after a 16-year-old was stabbed to death at Sunshine in Melbourne's west.

AAP · May 19, 2023

Police revisit 2003 death of Healesville woman Marea Yann

Homicide detectives have revisited the investigation into the death of Healesville woman Marea Yann in 2003. A $1 million reward for information is being offered.

ABC News · May 15, 2023