{"id":52812,"date":"2026-07-17T21:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/52812\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T21:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:00:20","slug":"australias-alleged-worst-ever-child-sex-offenders-chilling-letter-to-parents-of-children-at-sydney-childcare-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/52812\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s alleged worst-ever child sex offender\u2019s chilling letter to parents of children at Sydney childcare centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

A chilling letter from a childcare worker, who has been accused of 329 offences, has been unearthed.<\/p>\n

Hamish Tait, 35, is accused of over 300 offences against up to 150 children between 2009 and 2025 while working at different centres in Sydney.<\/p>\n

The charges include 162 counts of producing child abuse material, 81 counts of filming a person engaged in a private act without consent and 24 counts of using a child under 14 years for the production of child abuse material.<\/p>\n

If all the charges are upheld, Tait would be the country’s worst-ever child sex offender.<\/p>\n

In a newsletter sent to parents at one of the childcare centres he worked at in 2015, Tait said why he enjoyed the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will find me playing in the Cheeky Monkeys room where I teach and learn as the Team Leader,\u201d the newsletter at Sydney’s Fit Kidz Putney centre reads.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been working in the childcare industry since 2009 and began working at the Fit Kidz centre in Glenwood South. Since then I have been at five of the Fit Kidz centres.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best part of working with children for me is watching them connect with the world around them. Watching moments where a child truly understands a concept or exhibits pure love towards another is what makes me come to work.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing their spirits grow through these events each day is truly a humbling thing to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he spent his weekends with his fianc\u00e9e, their dog, or being at a market \u201cwhich give us a chance to experience this amazing earth with smiles and love\u201d.<\/p>\n

The newsletter said Mr Tait worked as a volunteer firefighter and ran a \u201cportrait and landscape photography business\u201d.<\/p>\n

He described himself as having a \u201cpassion for the Aboriginal cultures across Australia and always look for every opportunity to be a part of something where I can learn more about a different culture\u201d.<\/p>\n

Police have set up a website under Operation Moonbi<\/a>, which includes a list of the 55 childcare centres where Mr Tait worked at or attended between 2009 and 2025.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the LCP on 02 9765 1000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A chilling letter from a childcare worker, who has been accused of 329 offences, has been unearthed. Hamish…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[40390,40363,40399,40373,40403,40366,40421,40398,40392,37463,40407,40419,40414,40379,38038,40394,40377,40415,40372,40362,40389,40364,40425,40397,37453,40365,40418,40423,40405,40400,22,23,21,40409,831,11701,4543,40381,312,40411,40402,40384,40424,2601,36191,40376,40370,36194,37415,40388,40401,40391,28255,40382,37409,40395,35853,40385,5264,34917,1047,40420,40387,10053,40426,247,40383,40410,40422,40374,40416,40404,40412,40368,40375,40396,37024,40417,40361,40413,40367,40380,40369,37120,40378,40408,40371,40386,40406,40393],"class_list":["post-52812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-s-alleged-worst-ever-child-sex-offender","tag-s-chilling-letter","tag-14-years","tag-162-counts","tag-40403","tag-2009-and-2025","tag-40421","tag-24-counts","tag-329-offences","tag-37463","tag-81-counts","tag-a-passion","tag-a-portrait-and-landscape-photography-business","tag-a-chance","tag-a-child","tag-a-childcare-worker","tag-a-chilling-letter","tag-a-concept","tag-a-different-culture","tag-a-disturbing-letter","tag-a-humbling-thing","tag-a-list","tag-a-market","tag-a-newsletter","tag-a-part","tag-a-person","tag-a-private-act","tag-a-volunteer-firefighter","tag-a-website","tag-all-the-charges","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-austrlia","tag-centres","tag-child-abuse-material","tag-child-sex-offender","tag-children","tag-consent","tag-crime","tag-daycare","tag-different-centres","tag-each-day","tag-every-opportunity","tag-facebook","tag-fit-kidz","tag-fit-kidz-putney-centre","tag-glenwood-south","tag-hamish-tait","tag-his-fiancee","tag-his-job","tag-his-weekends","tag-lcp","tag-letter","tag-list","tag-moments","tag-mr-tait","tag-operation-moonbi","tag-over-300-offences","tag-parents","tag-picture","tag-police","tag-prolific-child-sex-offenders","tag-pure-love","tag-sex-offender","tag-smiles-and-love","tag-sydney","tag-sydney-childcare-centre","tag-tait","tag-the-55","tag-the-55-childcare-centres","tag-the-aboriginal-cultures","tag-the-best-part","tag-the-charges","tag-the-cheeky-monkeys-room","tag-the-childcare-centres","tag-the-childcare-industry","tag-the-country","tag-the-fit-kidz-centre","tag-the-fit-kidz-centres","tag-the-job","tag-the-newsletter","tag-the-production","tag-the-team-leader","tag-the-world","tag-their-dog","tag-their-spirits","tag-these-events","tag-this-amazing-earth","tag-up-to-150-children","tag-worst-ever-child-sex-offender"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}