<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Exclusive:</span></strong><span> A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" target="_blank" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> father has spoken out learning his toddler may have attended a childcare centre where alleged paedophile Joshua Brown worked, as the former childcare worker's employment history is revisited.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A major police investigation saw Joshua Brown charged with 70 offences, including sexual assault, earlier this year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The charges relate to eight alleged victims at a Point Cook early education centre.</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/melbourne-what-to-do-if-your-child-attended-childcare-centres-named-in-alleged-70-sex-offences/0a7ce306-2001-4eae-ade7-34790a25c6a8" rel="" target="" title="All the places the childcare worker accused of 70 offences in Melbourne has worked"><strong><span>All the places the childcare worker accused of 70 offences in Melbourne has worked</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier this week the state government established a </span><a href="https://www.vic.gov.au/childcare-centres-investigation#childcare-centres-where-alleged-offender-worked" rel="" target="" title="dedicated website relating to the ongoing investigation"><span>dedicated website relating to the ongoing investigation</span></a><span>, which publicly lists Brown's places of employment between 2017 and 2025 "out of an abundance of caution".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About 1200 families were also contacted to send their children for precautionary testing for sexually transmitted diseases.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Revelations emerged yesterday that Brown may have worked on more occasions than those listed on the government website.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/my-heart-sank-father-learns-of-sons-crossover-with-alleged-childcare-paedophile/7ca80c3b-3d4b-4909-85f7-4dd33756408d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Melbourne father Daniel* did not initially think his family had been impacted, until an updated timeline revealed a crossover between his two-year-old son's attendance and Brown's employment at a centre in the city's west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We didn't expect it, for us to be involved in it, and when we did find out my heart sank," Daniel said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"These are dates that the government weren't aware of, and yeah, it's just unfortunate that we had to find out that way," he told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Premier Jacinta Allan said the website was being "constantly updated".</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/melbourne-what-to-do-if-your-child-attended-childcare-centres-named-in-alleged-70-sex-offences/0a7ce306-2001-4eae-ade7-34790a25c6a8" rel="" target="" title="All the places the childcare worker accused of 70 offences in Melbourne has worked"><strong><span>All the places the childcare worker accused of 70 offences in Melbourne has worked</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Because they were not initially contacted by the health department, Daniel claims his son was turned away from the test site and had to scramble to prove his toddler needed the test.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"To make such big mistakes in this, with young children involved between, you know, five months to two years and, you know, to be cutting corners and, .... the communication breakdown has been poor...it's very disappointing," Daniel told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are investigating if any alleged abuse occurred at the 19 other facilities he worked at.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Allan has assured parents the government is taking immediate action, yesterday appointing Jay Weatherill to review Victoria's childcare sector.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Jay Weatherill is the best person for this work, he is the best person to lead this work," she said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But critics have argued the former South Australian premier, who oversaw the worst child protection failure in the state's history, is not the right fit.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"How on earth can we have confidence that this review will deliver the outcomes that Victorian families need?" shadow education minister Jess Wilson asked.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>*Name has been changed for privacy</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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