{"id":48906,"date":"2025-07-08T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/48906\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:32:09","slug":"childcare-giant-g8-education-to-roll-out-cctv-following-allegations-against-former-employee-joshua-dale-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/48906\/","title":{"rendered":"Childcare giant G8 Education to roll out CCTV following allegations against former employee Joshua Dale Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Australia&#8217;s biggest private childcare operator G8 Education will install CCTV in all 400 of its centres following child abuse charges being laid against a former employee.<\/p>\n<p>Sexual assault\u00a0support lines:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowVisible__N2zKU\">\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1800respect.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1800 Respect National Helpline<\/a>: 1800 737 732<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lifeline<\/a> (24-hour crisis line): 131 114<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/fullstop.org.au\/get-help\/our-services\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Full Stop Australia<\/a>: 1800 385 578<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravehearts.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bravehearts<\/a>: counselling and support for survivors of child sexual abuse: 1800\u00a0272\u00a0831<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childwise.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child Wise<\/a>: counselling provider: 1800\u00a0991\u00a0099<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Gold Coast-based childcare giant, whose brands include World of Learning and Bambino&#8217;s, also pledged on Tuesday to commission an independent review once criminal proceedings have finished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">G8 was among childcare companies caught up when Victorian police last week announced that Melbourne childcare worker Joshua Dale Brown, 26, had been <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-07-01\/childcare-worker-alleged-sexual-assaults-melbourne-west\/105480228\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105480228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged with more than 70 offences allegedly involving eight children<\/a> at G8&#8217;s Creative Garden Early Learning Centre in Point Cook, in Melbourne&#8217;s western suburbs, between April 2022 and January 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The alleged victims were aged between five months and two years old.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Horrified and appalled&#8217;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An illustration showing multi-coloured hands linking in a circle around a logo for G8 Education.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751985129_134_8fd72efd8b7d60cbadce00b6644fb81b\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">An image from G8 Education&#8217;s Instagram account. (Instagram: G8 Education)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">G8 on Tuesday evening said its staff were &#8220;horrified and appalled by the distressing nature of the allegations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;The allegations are deeply disturbing, and our hearts go out to the children and families involved,&#8221; G8 chief executive Pejman Okhovat said in an announcement to investors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;I am deeply sorry for the unimaginable pain caused to our families and what they are going through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The ASX-listed company has been hammered following the allegations \u2014 its share price has shrivelled almost 13 per cent in the past five days to 94c.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It told investors on Tuesday that procedures already in place included ensuring that required background checks and valid working with children checks were conducted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Staff were legally required to report any concerns about risks to children, it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">G8 said it had trialled CCTV cameras in several centres and would &#8220;accelerate the rollout \u2026 to all our centres&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-07-08\/some-childcare-workers-don-t-know-how-to-keep-children-safe\/105502130\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Documents reveal shocking failues<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Kids face down asleep in hoodies, electrical sockets exposed and one child locked in a shed. Documents reveal disturbing revelations from inside Australia&#8217;s childcare sector in crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It said it would also provide parents with &#8220;the opportunity to provide preferences on who supports their child&#8217;s personal care routines, including nappy changes and toileting&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It would also commission a review to improve procedures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Authorities have also released dates and names of the 20 childcare centres where Mr Brown worked, with some 1,200 children recommended to get tested for sexually transmitted infections as a &#8220;cautious&#8221; approach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Affinity Education, whose centres are among where Mr Brown had worked, last week said some of their centres have CCTV already as part of security measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s biggest private childcare operator G8 Education will install CCTV in all 400 of its centres following child&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17705,4740,9310,25710,37278,25089,37277,25093,50,8344,16761],"class_list":{"0":"post-48906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-asx","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cctv","11":"tag-child-care","12":"tag-child-safety","13":"tag-child-sex-abuse","14":"tag-g8-education","15":"tag-joshua-dale-brown","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-victoria-police","18":"tag-victorian-government"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114818104929804235","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}