Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Justine Gough said on Tuesday the offences include 136 counts of rape and 110 counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10 that were allegedly committed in Brisbane, Sydney and overseas between 2007 and 2022.

The offences took place at childcare centres. All parents of impacted children have been notified.

Gough said the man had all the qualifications necessary to work with children and was arrested last August.

Queensland Acting Assistant Commissioner Col Briggs said officers were monitoring activity on the darknet and first located images of children being shared.

The images were matched to a childcare centre in Brisbane, with the man arrested in Brisbane.

The case is scheduled for mention in Brisbane Magistrates’ court on 21 August.

– with AAP