00:00I'm angry at the system now. It's not just the centre, it is the system. It makes my
00:07blood boil.
00:08This father doesn't want to be identified. His child was looked after by Joshua Dale
00:13Brown at Papilio Early Learning Centre in Essendon. It's the last place the 26-year-old
00:19worked before he was charged with 70 sexual offences against eight children at a Point
00:24Cook daycare. The father had no idea that another child care operator had investigated and
00:30substantiated two allegations. Mr Brown had been aggressive towards children at the Point
00:36Cook Centre in 2023 and 2024. There needs to be some major changes made to the system in failing.
00:43The Education Department, the Victorian Children's Commissioner, Police and child care giant G8
00:49education all knew. The allegations were not sexual in nature and came after Mr Brown's
00:55alleged period of offending, but years before he was arrested. In that time he worked at
01:00a further 10 daycare centres, authorities having made the decision not to review his working
01:06with children check, despite the findings. The National Children's Commissioner says parents
01:11have a right to know about serious issues that could affect their child's safety.
01:15Where reportable conduct matters are substantiated, then I think we'd really need to look at greater
01:23transparency. If a person is found to have acted inappropriately, whether that's physical,
01:29sexual or in any other way, it's a red flag that says they're not appropriate to be working with
01:33children. With the Victorian Premier, the Deputy Premier and the Children's Minister unavailable,
01:38it was left to a Minister with no direct responsibility to answer questions, including whether the actions of
01:44Victorian authorities would be scrutinised as part of a review into the scandal.
01:49This is about two substantiated reports of aggressive behaviour that went to the Education Department,
01:54that went to Victoria Police, that went to the Children's Commissioner. These reports were not
01:58escalated. What do you have to say to that?
02:01The Commissioner is an independent body, but let's also be clear, in Victoria Police's examination
02:07and investigation. They will cover all of the areas that need to be covered and we need to ensure
02:14that they have the ability to do that. A government review into this scandal led by a former Labour
02:19Premier is underway. He's been given just six weeks to report back. There's been no commitment to release
02:25the review's findings and no commitment to broaden its terms of reference to include this new information.
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