Accused childcare paedophile’s workplace list grows as education minister backs national database
Jason Clare says allegations against Joshua Dale Brown, who worked across more than 20 childcare centres, shows new system is needed
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The federal education minister, Jason Clare, is calling for a national database of childcare workers and their employment histories - accessible at the press of a button - after revelations that the alleged paedophile Joshua Dale Brown worked at more centres than initially thought.
It came as another childcare centre was identified on Wednesday as being among Brown's work history, a day after detectives from Victoria's sexual crimes squad confirmed the addition of four more childcare centres, along with additional employment dates at 10 other centres.
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