The evidence index · every claim, every source
One tap from claim
to source.
Every statement Simply Safe Group™ makes about the Australian childcare sector traces to a public source. Use this index as a director's, investor's or regulator's quick-check. The detailed pages live at /the-record and /the-voices.
Workforce & burnout
70%+ of educators plan to leave the sector within 3 years.
United Workers Union — Exhausted, Undervalued & Leaving (2021) and Spent (2023)
Australia is short tens of thousands of qualified educators.
Mitchell Institute · Front Project workforce reports (2022–2024)
Operations & admin burden
Centres run 5–10 disconnected tools; educators carry the seams.
Senate inquiry submissions into ECEC (2024) · educator public posts
Admin burden is eroding educator capacity for quality care.
Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment, 2024
Educators are documenting in carparks and after hours.
Representative voices — TikTok, Reddit, Facebook educator groups
Compliance & quality
Child safety
Institutions must build child-safety into every operational layer.
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2017)
Recent investigations exposed structural — not isolated — gaps.
ABC News Four Corners · Guardian Australia (2024)
National Worker Register commences 27 February 2026.
Australian Government — Department of Education
Market & competitive landscape
Parents & public sentiment
Parents want presence, not more surveillance photos.
Public parent voices · Senate submissions, ABC comment threads, Mamamia
The case for Simply Safe Group™ isn't an opinion.
It's the public record, indexed.