60 Minutes on Channel 9 and 9Now S47E30- with reports from Dimity Clancey and Adam Hegarty will air Sunday 24 August at 8.40pm on 9 and 9Now.
CARE AT ALL COSTS
The fact there’s big money to be made looking after little kids has broken the childcare industry. Its ethos should be to provide care at all costs, but instead, the cost of care seems to now dominate the thinking at many of the businesses that operate childcare facilities.
In this 60 MINUTES investigation, Dimity Clancey reveals how the desire for profits means centres are often understaffed, which in turn is leading to the mistreatment of innocent children. In some cases, the allegations of abuse and neglect simply beggar belief. Currently there are one and a half million little Australians in the childcare system and it’s clear an enormous number deserve much better care than they’re receiving.
Reporter: Dimity Clancey
Producers: Anne Worthington, Toni Ambrogetti
A WHALE OF A TIME
Ordinarily, traffic jams cause headaches. But the ones happening off Australia’s east and west coasts bring only awe. Right now, about a hundred thousand humpback whales are out there having a whale of a time. Their great migration, which seems to get bigger every year, is also an important reminder of what the world almost lost.
Up until the 1960s humpbacks were hunted to the point of extinction. As few as 300 were left in our waters. How things have changed though, and as Adam Hegarty finds out, watching these magnificent creatures is guaranteed to make anyone smile.
Reporter: Adam Hegarty
Producer: Serge Negus
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I think you only touched the tip of the iceberg with your story last night on Angel Care here in Wagga. These owners of this property are crooks. I am a cook (usually in Aged Care) when I was approached about cooking at this centre. I was invited to ‘try out’. This went on for two weeks where I wasn’t paid a cent. Not only that, all the parents had to bring in fruit which I had to cut up and serve for morning tea. I was expected to go into Aldi’s and buy and pay for groceries for meals. I was later to be reimbursed. After 2 weeks I was asked to work out the day caring for the children. Whilst I do have a Working With Children certificate but I have no training with little people. I was asked to ‘try out’ for the third week, which I refused and left. I know another woman who cooked after me but wasn’t paid any benefits like Superannuation. Keep onto these shonks. A job well done!!