Safer childcare: Do male daycare workers make parents uncomfortable?

Image (Background): Creative Garden Early Learning Centre in Point Cook, Melbourne, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. A man who worked at 20 childcare centres has been charged with more than 70 child-sex offences connected to eight victims. Image (Bottom Right L-R): Ramesh Shreshta, Manisha Malla and Ramit Gulati. Credit: (Background image): AAP Image/William Ton. (Others): Supplied by them respectively.

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The arrest of 26-year-old Melbourne childcare worker Joshua Dale Brown, charged with more than 70 child sex offences, has reignited debate around the role of men in early childhood education. In this podcast, we discuss whether men should be excluded from the sector and speak with concerned parents and a childcare centre owner about what such a ban could mean for the sector.

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(Disclaimer: The information given in this interview is of general nature.)

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