Federal police have charged a former childcare worker with 1,623 abuse offences against 91 children following a joint Queensland-NSW investigation. Federal Police said the offences occurred at centres in Brisbane, Sydney and overseas between 2007-22. The victims were all girls under 10yo at the time, and authorities are “highly confident” the 87 Australian children have been identified and their families informed of the investigation. The 45yo Gold Coast man has been in police custody since August last year – he was initially picked up on charges of making and distributing material too awful to detail. The man faces life in prison, and NSW Police will later seek to extradite him to face charges there once Queensland is done with him. *Need help? Helpline numbers here.