Australia news live: police release images of children’s clothing in plea for help investigating alleged abuse at childcare centres

<p>A former Sydney childcare worker, 35, has been charged with 329 child abuse offences allegedly committed between 2009 and 2025. Follow today’s news live</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Michelle Rowland says mandatory minimum standards for datacentres don’t apply to existing developments</strong></p><p>The attorney general, <strong>Michelle Rowland</strong>,<strong> </strong>told ABC News that mandatory minimum standards for datacentres would apply to new developments, not existing ones.</p><p>The scope and the timing of those is something that I think will be properly determined by national cabinet.</p><p>This is an issue that not only state governments but local councils have been dealing with as well.</p><p>It goes from being this hunched-over ball of fluff at the top of a tree looking down at you, to suddenly spreading out its limbs and flying over your head like a magical flying carpet, or this weird stingray-UFO thing in the sky.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/16/divine-playhouse-josh-thomas-workplace-drug-survey-anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-coalition-one-nation-pauline-hanson-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>