Former Sydney childcare worker Hamish Tait charged with hundreds of abuse offences as police release full list of centres

More than 120 families have now been contacted by authorities after investigators identified alleged victims in one of Australia’s largest childcare abuse investigations. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said former Sydney 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. The case became public on Monday after a court lifted a non-publication order. 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. Investigators allege the offences were committed against children at four childcare centres and the man’s own private early education business.