An Australian childcare worker has been charged with filming child abuse material inside his Sydney workplaces.
Artarmon man David James, 26, is accused of producing child abuse material involving 10 children, aged between five and six, during his employment at six out-of-school-hours care services between 2021 and 2024.
Mr James, who has worked at almost 60 childcare centres, has been remanded in custody since October, but his name was suppressed while the Australian Federal Police (AFP) identified his alleged victims and notified their families.
It comes as Australia faces a reckoning on safety within its childcare sector, after a series of high-profile sexual and physical abuse cases.
"Any form of child sexual abuse is confronting. Even more so when the alleged perpetrator is an individual trusted with the care of our children," AFP Acting Assistant Commissioner Brett James said at a press conference on Thursday.
