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ARTICLE · 09 AUGUST 2023

Working With Children: Should better checks be undertaken?

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There needs to be considerable focus on prevention and better protections for children around Australia.

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Sonia Hickey
Sonia Hickey

Parents around Australia are  reeling from the news that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged a former childcare worker from the Gold Coast in Queensland with more than 1600  child sexual offences against 91 children both in Australia and overseas over a 15 year period.

The charges

The 45-year old Australian man has been charged with a total of 1623 offences, including 136 counts of rape and 110 of  sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 10 years.

The accused man has been in prison since August last year, when the Australian Federal Police arrested and charged him with  two counts of making child exploitation material and one count of using a  carriage service for child abuse material.

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