Questions raised over childcare funding

A parent denied a childcare place for a daughter on the NDIS sparked an ABC investigation. This found the allocation of contracts worth more than $133 million a year lacked transparency. The report even questioned if government money was awarded to what were, effectively, related parties.

By 

Nic Stuart

Published 

November 24, 2024

Questions raised over childcare funding
KU Children's Services are best known as a childcare provider. The last time the not-for-profit business appeared in the media was when workers in the sector recieved a pay rise https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Fnewslocal%2Fchildcare-operators-uniting-ku-childrens-services-oppose-fee-rise-cap-that-is-part-of-36b-wage-rise-pledge%2Fnews-story%2Fa662152cfc704b4e3b615b067de2491e&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-1-NOSCORE when the operator suggested this may affect its capacity to provide services. But in an extended report the ABC's 7:30 Report questioned if proper checks and balances were in place for the awarding of huge financial contracts to provide care for children with disability. Disability reporter Nas Campanella began questioning why one young girl on the NDIS had been denied a place in childcare. She ended up uncovering serious questions over the allocation of contracts and funds worth more than a hundred million a year . . .

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