The ABC\u2019s Four Corners investigation has once again exposed horrific abuse and regulatory failure within Australia\u2019s childcare sector \u2013 a crisis that sits at the heart of a failing for-profit system and government inaction on real reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The investigations revealed most abuse occurring in for-profit centres where cost-cutting, high staff turnover and inadequate regulation has left the gap for serious safety breaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite warnings from experts and repeated calls from the Greens, Labor has failed to introduce the comprehensive reforms needed to keep children safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greens continue to call for a national, independent watchdog with the power to keep children safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In August, the Greens successfully established a Senate Inquiry into the quality and safety of early childhood education and care after the government failed to adequately address the deep flaws in the system and responded with cosmetic fixes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greens spokesperson for Early Childhood Education and Care Senator Steph Hodgins-May:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis investigation is the latest example of a for-profit system working exactly as it\u2019s designed \u2013 to make profit for shareholders while leaving our children as collateral damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cParents and educators have been ringing the alarm bell for years, and they\u2019re met with a patchwork of cosmetic fixes that do nothing to actually address the underlying problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s the government\u2019s job to make sure our childcare is safe. Instead, it passes the buck to families and abandons our educators who are plugging holes in a leaking ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhile the Coalition rejects bold childcare reform and Labor does as little as possible to pass the PR test, our children and educators continue to be left to fend for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith the Senate Inquiry imminent, we\u2019re ready to shine a light on the broken conditions that allow abuse and push for a system that will actually put children, families and educators at the heart of policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ABC\u2019s Four Corners investigation has once again exposed horrific abuse and regulatory failure within Australia\u2019s childcare sector \u2013 a crisis that sits at the heart of a failing for-profit system and government inaction on real reform. The investigations revealed most abuse occurring in for-profit centres where cost-cutting, high staff turnover and inadequate regulation has … Continue reading “\u201cWhen will enough be enough?\u201d: Four Corners investigation continues to expose systemic childcare safety crisis”<\/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-35664","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\/35664","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=35664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35665,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35664\/revisions\/35665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}