Australia: Movement to Take Child Care Public
Australia’s child care movement says “don’t make the same mistake twice”. Selling ABC to another for-profit company could mean Australia continues to pour money from parent subsidies into companies that may or may not be there when Australian families need them.
From the article:
Bernadette Dunn, a spokesperson for Children 21 said that any profit from individual centres would be ploughed back into the group, so viable centres could help cross-subsidise unprofitable ones.
She describes the bid as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to transfer corporate childcare into the non-profit sector, adding that, “It’s not just about dollars, it’s about social justice and quality childcare for all Australian children”.
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