Sam Emery: Australian correspondent on a convicted child sex offender being employed at a Queensland childcare centre - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

A childcare centre director who employed her convicted child sex offender husband as a groundskeeper has been sacked.

There is no allegation he offended against children at the centre, and investigations are ongoing.

Australian correspondent Sam Emery says this story will prompt questions about child safety as Parliament returns.

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