Australia has sleepwalked into a society where profit trumps quality care

 The outbreak of Covid-19 in Victorian aged care homes has shone a harsh light on the conditions in which low-paid workers struggle to provide care to some of the most vulnerable people in society.


Most of these workers are women – as are those in disability care and childcare. The work they are engaged in has its roots in the domestic economy. Care work was once the domain of the home. It was, essentially, women’s work.




Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/21/australia-has-sleepwalked-into-a-society-where-profit-trumps-quality-care



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