G8, the Department of Health and Victoria Police were contacted for comment.
On Tuesday, police noted that the information released was the “most accurate and up-to-date record available”, but warned further updates to the alleged paedophile’s employment history were likely.
“This has been extremely complex due to childcare approved providers not having centralised records, requiring detectives to execute search warrants to obtain handwritten records, shift rosters and other critical information,” Victoria Police Acting Commander Janet Stevenson said.
The lack of records also meant detectives from the sexual crime squad had to assess more than 270 Crimestoppers reports and interview witnesses to confirm when and where Brown worked over his eight years in childcare.
Brown was charged in May with 70 offences related to child sexual abuse, including sexual penetration, producing child abuse material, and recklessly contaminating goods to cause alarm or anxiety. Brown had no criminal history and possessed a valid Working With Children Check. The case was only made public by police and authorities on July 1.
The Health Department subsequently recommended that more than 1300 children be tested for STIs as a precaution.
On Tuesday, another 800 children were recommended to undergo STI tests after the four other centres were revealed.
These centres were the Kids Academy Waratah Estate in Mickleham on August 29, 2024; Milestones Early Learning in Tarneit on September 10 and 13, 2024; Milestones Early Learning in Braybrook on December 4 and 6, 2024; and Milestones Early Learning in Greensborough on December 5, 2024, January 31, 2025 and February 27, 2025.
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