The ABC’s explosive childcare investigations began with an email
It began with an email. An academic sounding the alarm about the rise of large private operators in…
Children withdrawn from Hopetoun day care after allegations against senior employee’s husband
Several parents in a small mining town on WA’s south coast have pulled their children out of the…
Humpty Doo Community and Child Care Centre and three workers charged after death of toddler Ebony Thompson
An Australian childcare centre and three staff have been charged over the death of Ebony Thompson in an…
Head Start centers face closure during government shutdown
The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving working parents scrambling for…
Australia’s scandal-ridden childcare sector is a legacy of the ‘golden age’ of reform
Professor Deborah Brennan, one of Australia’s leading social policy researchers, issued this warning to federal senators in 2009…
NT coroner rules Ebony Thompson’s death in fence accident at childcare centre was ‘preventable’
The death of a toddler who became trapped in looped-top fencing at an Australian childcare centre was “preventable”,…
Hundreds of cases of child-on-child abuse are the fresh childcare system horror
Parents are demanding answers from centre operators after their children were allegedly sexually abused by other children while…
Australia’s crumbling childcare safeguards put kids at risk. How can parents make sure they’re safe?
The reality of Australia’s childcare industry has the makings of every parent’s worst nightmare: a system designed to…
Paedophiles exploiting Australia’s broken childcare system as safeguards crumble
Paedophiles have infiltrated Australia’s $22 billion childcare industry by exploiting lax regulation, piecemeal oversight and glaring staffing inadequacies,…
Death of child trapped in fence at childcare centre ruled ‘preventable’
The death of a toddler who became trapped on a fence at a childcare centre outside Darwin last…
Top executives at Affinity Education Group resign after childcare scandals
Two top executives at one of Australia’s biggest childcare chains have resigned following a string of scandals, including…
Childcare boss unsure if bonuses were docked over rise in safety breaches, inquiry told
The boss of one of Australia’s largest for-profit childcare companies has been unable to tell an inquiry whether…