business - 2026-07-16

Three Northern Beaches child-care centres named in AFP list linked to Operation Moonbi

Source: www.northernbeachesadvocate.com.au

Three Northern Beaches child-care centres have been identified by the Australian Federal Police as part of a wider investigation into a 35-year-old Sydney man charged with 329 offences related to child sexual abuse. The centres at Dee Why, Warriewood and Frenchs Forest were included on a list of locations where the man worked or delivered training and assessment, a detail likely to be of immediate concern to local families even though police say the alleged offending did not occur at those sites.

Three Northern Beaches child-care centres have been identified by the Australian Federal Police as part of a wider investigation into a 35-year-old Sydney man charged with 329 offences related to child sexual abuse. The centres at Dee Why, Warriewood and Frenchs Forest were included on a list of locations where the man worked or delivered training and assessment, a detail likely to be of immediate concern to local families even though police say the alleged offending did not occur at those sites. The AFP said the man worked in 62 child-care facilities across Sydney over a 16-year period from 2009 to 2025, including three on the Northern Beaches. The local centres named by police are Dee Why Kindergarten, Kiddiwinks Play Laugh & Learn at Warriewood and Mimosa Kids at Frenchs Forest. According to the AFP, the man delivered training and assessment at those three Northern Beaches centres. Police have so far alleged the offending occurred only at five other locations: Fit Kidz Learning Centres at Box Hill, Putney, Rouse Hill and Warrawee, as well as Wild Earthlings Glenorie, which the AFP said was the man’s private business. The investigation began in June 2025 after the National...