Parents are being urged to check whether their child’s centre is on a newly released list of 62 facilities.
Former Sydney childcare worker Hamish Tait charged with hundreds of abuse offences as police release full list of centres Parents are being urged to check whether their child’s centre is on a newly released list of 62 facilities.
More than 120 families have now been contacted by authorities after investigators identified alleged victims in one of Australia’s largest childcare abuse investigations.childcare worker Hamish Tait, 35, had been charged with 329 offences allegedly committed over 16 years, including producing child abuse material, filming children without consent, sexually touching children under 10 and using children to produce child abuse material. Know the news with the 7NEWS app:The suppression order was originally sought to protect the integrity of the lengthy investigation, identify alleged victims and notify potentially affected families before the case became public.
Police allege Tait worked at or attended 62 early childhood education facilities between 2009 and 2025, predominantly across Sydney’s north-west. Police allege Hamish Tait committed offences against children while working across multiple childcare centres over 16 years. Investigators allege the offences were committed against children at four childcare centres and the man’s own private early education business.
The Glossodia man has remained in custody since his arrest in July 2025 and his Working With Children accreditation was suspended at the time, the AFP said. The AFP’s Operation Moonbi began in June 2025 after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in theBe the first to know: Police executed a search warrant at the man’s home in Sydney’s north-west on June 20, 2025, seizing electronic devices for forensic examination.
He was initially charged with eight online child abuse material offences in July 2025 before additional charges were laid in April, June and July 2026. Investigators say the 12-month operation involved analysing 2.4 million electronic files and executing 12 search warrants. AFP Acting Commander Luke Needham said investigators, forensic specialists and victim identification teams had spent 12 months reviewing 16 years of alleged offending.
“The AFP has been in contact with 121 families, based around Australia and internationally, who we have positively identified their child as being depicted in child abuse material,” Needham said. “Any form of child sexual abuse is confronting and horrific, even more so when the alleged perpetrator is an individual trusted with the care of our youth,” he said. “We urge any victim-survivors to seek support or talk to a trusted person if today’s news has caused distress,” Needham said.
Credit: 7NEWS, available support services and advice on what to do if they believe they may be affected. The AFP says Tait worked at or attended the following early childhood education facilities between 2009 and 2025. Police allege offending occurred at locations marked with an asterisk. Bright Minds Cranebrook
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