Revelations that executives at major for-profit childcare companies, including G8 and Affinity, pocketed bonuses worth hundreds of thousands of dollars despite repeated safety and quality breaches are yet more evidence that the for-profit model is failing families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bosses at Australia\u2019s largest for-profit providers received pay rises and bonuses of up to $500,000 last year even as centres under their watch were cited for multiple safety breaches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greens have consistently called out the failings of the for-profit childcare system. Currently, only 13% of private providers are rated as \u201cexceeding quality standards\u201d, compared to almost a third of public and not-for-profit centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greens have secured a Senate Inquiry into the safety and quality of early learning which is examining how the system, including the lawed childcare subsidy, props up private cowboy operators and undermines safe, high-quality care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australian Greens spokesperson for early childhood education and care, Senator Steph Hodgins-May:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a parent of young kids myself, families are right to be outraged that executives are pocketing bonuses for hitting short-term KPIs while private providers charge parents through the roof and still deliver lower standards of care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese operators treat children like line items on a balance sheet , chasing enrolments and shareholder returns at the expense of safe, high-quality care. And the evidence shows kids are being put at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTrust in the early learning system is at an all-time low, and these bonuses are further proof the for-profit model prioritises profit over quality care and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLeaving early learning to the market is both flawed and dangerous. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve secured a vital Senate Inquiry into early learning safety and quality, which is now underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUltimately, we need a universal, affordable system that treats early learning as a public good, not a private commodity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt the very least, money going into executive bonuses should instead be spent lifting quality and properly paying educators.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Revelations that executives at major for-profit childcare companies, including G8 and Affinity, pocketed bonuses worth hundreds of thousands of dollars despite repeated safety and quality breaches are yet more evidence that the for-profit model is failing families. Bosses at Australia\u2019s largest for-profit providers received pay rises and bonuses of up to $500,000 last year even … Continue reading “Greens say childcare executive bonuses are further proof the for-profit system is failing our children”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35134,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35133\/revisions\/35134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}