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Unsafe and non-compliant: Profits above safety in Australia’s early learning sector [1]

Author: 
Gibbons, H.
Source: 
United Workers Union
Format: 
Report
Publication Date: 
6 Oct 2021
AVAILABILITY
Access online [2]
Access online [PDF] [3]

Description

The United Workers Union (UWU) has released a report outlining the failure of for-profit child care providers to keep Australian children safe. The first part of this report analyses new and unique data on non-compliance to reveal that for-profit providers have a history of poorer safety and lower quality. Featuring a closer look into the three biggest for-profit providers in Australia, the second part contains quality rating analysis which demonstrates clearly that for-profits are the worst-performing management type when it comes to meeting national quality standards. The report also includes a section on the dangers of working in the sector from an educator’s perspective.

Related link: 
We must stop growth of corporate childcare that puts profits above children [4]
Region: 
Australia and New Zealand [5]
Tags: 
auspice [6]
quality [7]
funding [8]
workforce [9]

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Links
[1] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/10/unsafe-and-non-compliant-profits-above-safety-australia%E2%80%99s [2] https://unitedworkers.org.au/profits-above-safety-in-early-learning/ [3] https://unitedworkers.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/unsafe-and-non-compliant-uwu-report.pdf [4] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/21/10/opinion-we-must-stop-growth-corporate-childcare-puts-profits-above [5] https://childcarecanada.org/category/region/australia-and-new-zealand [6] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/auspice [7] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/quality [8] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/funding [9] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/workforce