Angry parents and peak bodies have slammed a new report promising to overhaul Victoria’s troubled childcare system, with one mum calling the recommendations a “joke”. The Rapid Child Safety Review — made public on Wednesday, five days after being delivered to government — called for a sweeping overhaul to the state’s childcare regime. This included […]
Arnold Thomas & Becker is gearing up to file potentially dozens of individual cases against childcare centres who employed alleged pedophile Joshua Brown, with some to be lodged as early as this week. Over 250 families have contacted Arnold Thomas & Becker, with the possibility for legal action to be taken on behalf of over 500 […]
Parents of children who had to be tested for STIs after a childcare worker was accused of dozens of sickening offences have been driven to quit work. Joshua Dale Brown, 26, has been charged with more than 70 child abuse offences, including the sexual penetration of a child and producing child abuse material. Last […]
Arnold Thomas & Becker is preparing to represent hundreds of families in court over sexual abuse allegations in childcare centres. It comes after Joshua Dale Brown, 26, was last week charged with more than 70 offences against eight children, aged between five months and two years. A Melbourne mother has said she was left […]
A Geelong-based Pentecostal church is being sued in the Supreme Court by a former member who claims he was sexually abused as a child by two of the organisation’s most senior figures. Our client, who asked to remain anonymous, alleges in his statement of claim that Geelong Revival Centre elders Hank De Vries and John Strumpel […]
Shocking rise in allegations of violence and sexual abuse by Victorian early childhood carers Allegations of violence and sexual abuse by early childhood carers against children in their care have exploded in Victoria, with more than 1000 cases raised involving childcare staff, foster parents and school teachers in the past year, a new watchdog […]
Police have confirmed four new workplaces where accused childcare sex offender Joshua Brown worked. Detectives from the Sexual Crimes Squad have identified the centres as part of their “ongoing priority investigation” into Mr Brown’s alleged activities. The new sites are: Kids Academy Waratah Estate in Mickleham on August 29, 2024 Milestones Early Learning Tarneit […]
Potential Class Action for alleged childcare abuse A Victorian man accused of sexual offences against female toddlers at a childcare centre says he was unaware he was banned from working in the industry for four months and that his case has exposed more flaws in the system. Peter, who cannot be named for legal […]
The High Court sent shockwaves through advocates for abuse survivors last week when it overturned a previous ruling on appeal, and ruled that a Catholic diocese was not liable for the historical sexual abuse of a young boy in Victoria. The original ruling had found the Catholic Church’s Ballarat diocese was legally responsible for […]
High-profile Australian Test cricket umpire allegedly ‘wrecked’ Hobart man’s life A Bridgewater man has come forward with claims that he is yet another victim of disgraced Australian Test cricket umpire and serial school pedophile, Stephen Randell. Our client, Damien Matcham, no longer wants to remain silent on the alleged sexual abuse that “wrecked my […]