<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Alleged childcare paedophile Joshua Dale Brown worked at four additional Melbourne childcare centres than previously revealed, according to Victoria Police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Brown is accused of 70 offences related to eight alleged victims police say were at Creative Gardens Early Learning Centre in Point Cook between April 2022 and January 2023.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On July 1, the government released </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-childcare-worker-charged-with-over-70-child-sex-offences-affected-centres/f2cc2b4e-9508-4409-b3e8-5cb69e2dbd5e" rel="" target="" title="a list of 20 childcare centres across Melbourne"><span>a list of 20 childcare centres across Melbourne</span></a><span> where Brown worked between January 2017 and May 2025.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/reserve-bank-of-australia-wants-to-remove-card-surcharges/6e7688de-6866-4470-b716-d886c0cc229a" target="_blank"><strong><span>RBA proposes eliminating card surcharges in new reform</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Since then, claims have emerged that Brown may have worked additional shifts at centres.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today </span><a href="https://www.vic.gov.au/childcare-centres-investigation#updated-list-of-services-%E2%80%93-at-15-july-2025" rel="" target="" title="an updated government list"><span>an updated government list</span></a><span> revealed Brown also worked at four additional centres across Melbourne.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Those additions include:</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/joshua-dale-brown-alleged-childcare-paedophile/fa6b56a1-155d-436d-b038-7864509e11bc" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><span>Kids Academy Waratah Estate - Mickleham - 29 August 2024</span></li><li><span>Milestones Early Learning - Tarneit - 10 September and 13 September 2024</span></li><li><span>Milestones Early Learning - Braybrook - 4 December and 6 December 2024</span></li><li><span>Milestones Early Learning Greensborough - 5 December 2024, 31 January 2025, 27 February 2025</span></li></ul></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Service dates have also changed for 10 centres mentioned in the original list.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Papilio Early Learning in Hoppers Crossing has been removed from the list of workplaces attended by Brown.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Although records obtained by police recorded that Brown had worked at Papilio Early Learning in Hoppers Crossing between 22 August 2024 and 12 March 2025, further investigation has since determined this information was incorrect and the centre has been removed from the list," the government website read.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Victoria Police is in contact with impacted families."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All other service timelines remain the same at this stage.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There is no suggestion any further alleged offending occurred at any of the centres listed at this stage.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/baby-boomers-fastest-growing-demographic-investing-in-cryptocurrency-at-risk-of-scams-personal-finance-news/d689a031-c777-4d74-8550-69d7501a07eb" target="_blank"><strong><span>Baby Boomers now fastest growing group of crypto investors, vulnerable to scams</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Impacted families will be contacted by the Department of Health, the government said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victorian chief health officer Dr Christian McGrath said 830 families would be contacted to offer "wrap around supports and provide testing recommendations".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is obviously a highly distressing situation, and I want to reassure all families being contacted that the potential exposure risk to an infectious disease for their child remains low," McGrath said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our recommendation for testing is a precaution and the test results we've received to date as part of this investigation reaffirms that the risk is low.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There remains no wider public health risk, and importantly the infectious diseases being tested for can be treated with antibiotics."</span></div></div>