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Adele Ferguson @adele_ferguson

Award winning journo at The ABC investigative unit. Author of Gina Rinehart and Banking Bad. TIPS: aferguson@protonmail.com or PO Box 3262, Tamarama NSW 2026.

Joined May 2009
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Sean Nicholls@SeanNic
27 Nov 2025
ABC journalists Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett have won the Gold Walkley Award for their investigation into shocking safety failures in Australia's childcare industry. #ABCInvestigations abc.net.au/news/2025-11-28/2…

ABC's Adele Ferguson, Chris Gillett win Gold Walkley for childcare investigation

The pair's investigation had an immediate impact on Australia's childcare industry, resulting in the suspension of one centre and a raft of government policy changes and safety reforms.

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RT @abcnews: Next on Four Corners, Betrayal of Trust: Australia's Childcare Crisis #4Corners
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Adele Ferguson retweeted
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11 May 2025
Damning evidence of child safety concerns has been exposed at one of Australia's largest for-profit childcare companies, Affinity Education. Shocking new revelations by ⁦@adele_ferguson⁩ and ⁦@Chris_Gillett_⁩ of ABC Investigations for ABC 7.30 abc.net.au/news/2025-05-12/v…

One child is slapped, another vomits metal hooks: Inside an Australian childcare giant

An ABC investigation into for-profit childcare giant Affinity Education highlights ongoing systemic issues around staffing, oversight and safety inside the billion-dollar enterprise. 

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Adele Ferguson retweeted
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1 Aug 2025
A Queensland childcare centre where a worker was charged with torture has been closed down by the Department of Education, almost a year after the alleged assaults took place. By ⁦@adele_ferguson⁩ and ⁦@Chris_Gillett_⁩ for #ABCInvestigations abc.net.au/news/2025-08-01/c…

Qld childcare centre shut after educator charged with torture of baby

A Queensland childcare centre where a worker was charged with torture has been closed down by the Department of Education, almost a year after the alleged assaults took place.

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Adele Ferguson retweeted
Sean Nicholls@SeanNic
10 Aug 2025
More than six years after the death of seven-month-old Jack Loh at a family day care centre in NSW, his parents say the system that failed him is still putting children's lives at risk. By ⁦@adele_ferguson⁩ and ⁦@Chris_Gillett_⁩ abc.net.au/news/2025-08-11/f…

Parents of boy who died in family day care urge authorities to 'wake up'

Family day care makes up just 5 per cent of Australia's early childhood education and care system, but insiders, experts and regulatory documents paint a picture of a sector beset by troubling...

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Adele Ferguson retweeted
Sean Nicholls@SeanNic
28 Jul 2025
A Queensland childcare worker has been charged with torturing and repeatedly assaulting a one-year-old baby boy. abc.net.au/news/2025-07-29/q…

Educator charged with torturing baby boy in childcare centre

A Queensland childcare worker has been charged with torturing and repeatedly assaulting a one-year-old baby boy.

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Adele Ferguson retweeted
Sean Nicholls@SeanNic
15 Jul 2025
Childcare workers still don't have to take sleep safety training abc.net.au/news/2025-07-16/c… Analysis by @adele_ferguson #ABCInvestigations

'How many more will it take?' Calls for sleep safety training in childcare grow louder

Despite repeated warnings from experts and a formal recommendation from a coroner more than three years ago, safe sleep training isn't mandatory for childcare workers everywhere in Australia.

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Another gap in childcare that needs fixing… abc.net.au/news/2025-07-16/c…

'How many more will it take?' Calls for sleep safety training in childcare grow louder

Despite repeated warnings from experts and a formal recommendation from a coroner more than three years ago, safe sleep training isn't mandatory for childcare workers everywhere in Australia.

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Adele Ferguson retweeted
Sean Nicholls@SeanNic
6 Jul 2025
Thousands of students are getting fast-tracked qualifications to work in childcare centres and it's compromising safety standards, experts warn. Latest investigation by ⁦@adele_ferguson⁩ #ABCInvestigations abc.net.au/news/2025-07-07/f…

Documents expose disturbing details about next generation of childcare students

Thousands of students are getting fast-tracked qualifications to work in childcare centres and it's compromising safety standards, experts warn.

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Documents expose disturbing details about next generation of childcare students

Thousands of students are getting fast-tracked qualifications to work in childcare centres and it's compromising safety standards, experts warn.

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It’s official – supermarkets are overcharging. Quick, change the subject smh.com.au/business/the-econ…

It’s official – supermarkets are overcharging. Quick, change the subject

Neither the Labor government nor the opposition are truly interested in shutting down price gouging by the big two supermarkets – they would rather have the issue disappear.

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Adele Ferguson retweeted
Sean Nicholls@SeanNic
16 Mar 2025
Don’t miss ⁦Adele Ferguson’s confronting report on failings in the $20b Australian childcare industry. A #4Corners one hour special tonight at the earlier time of 8 pm. @adele_ferguson⁩ #ABCInvestigations abc.net.au/news/2025-03-17/c…

Jane was sent happy photos of her son in child care. It was all fake

The child and others were left in highchairs for hours at a time, force fed, pinched, yanked, and thrown to the ground.

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Adele Ferguson retweeted
Sean Nicholls@SeanNic
17 Mar 2025
Private childcare whistleblowers' disturbing experiences inside a sector putting profits before kids. #4Corners’ investigation into the childcare industry airs at the special time of 8pm tonight or on ABC iview. ⁦@adele_ferguson⁩ #ABCInvestigations abc.net.au/news/2025-03-17/p…

Whistleblowers reveal what's really happening in private childcare centres

The mother knew something was wrong. Her four-year-old's tear-streaked face stopped her cold. Heart pounding, she pulled out her phone and hit record.

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Adele Ferguson retweeted
Sean Nicholls@SeanNic
18 Mar 2025
“There are good centres and good educators, but finding good quality care is getting harder. It's why a royal commission or public inquiry is important”. ⁦ABCInvestigations’ ⁦@adele_ferguson⁩ on the Albanese government’s response to her #4Corners abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/c…

As anger intensifies, politicians are reluctant to take action on childcare fails

As the public outcry from educators and parents intensifies in the wake of the Four Corners investigation into Australia's broken childcare system, the reluctance of senior politicians responsible...

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Adele Ferguson retweeted
Sean Nicholls@SeanNic
19 Mar 2025
Insiders say parents are being lied to about the quality of food served at childcare centres, with some spending as little as 33 cents per meal on children. Latest in #4Corners childcare investigation by ⁦@adele_ferguson⁩ #ABCInvestigations abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/c…

'We don't actually serve that': Parents lied to about childcare food standards

Parents say they are being lied to about the quality of food at childcare centres across the country. Some say they were promised in-house chefs but children were served "two-minute noodles".

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Adele Ferguson retweeted
Sean Nicholls@SeanNic
20 Mar 2025
A parliamentary inquiry has been called into the troubled childcare sector following this week’s #4Corners investigation. #ABCInvestigations abc.net.au/news/2025-03-21/n…

Powerful parliamentary inquiry to scrutinise childcare sector after ABC investigation

A parliamentary inquiry has been called into the troubled childcare sector following a landmark ABC investigation into serious safety breaches in the industry.

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Adele Ferguson retweeted
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15 Dec 2024
#BREAKING: With the Commonwealth’s whistleblower protections having proved completely inadequate, @Richard_D_Boyle has commenced negotiations with prosecutors to end his huge personal ordeal. He’s not a criminal, he’s a hero!#auspol michaelwest.com.au/whistlebl…

Whistleblower Richard Boyle enters plea deal - Michael West

Tax Office whistleblower, Richard Boyle, stripped of any defence by broken whistleblower laws, has entered into plea deal negotiations.

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Doctors who speak out about colleagues face online abuse and death threats abc.net.au/news/2024-12-16/d… via @ABCaustralia

Doctors have received death threats for speaking out about colleagues

Whether it's "Faux outrage" or online death threats, it's risky being a whistleblower and vested interests have a lot to answer for.

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Retirement village operators face mandatory code of conduct under Victorian crackdown abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/v… via @ABCaustralia

Victoria cracks down on retirement village operators after ABC investigation

The Victorian government will become the first state to force retirement village operators to sign up to a mandatory code of conduct as part of a crackdown on the sector that also includes more...

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Adele Ferguson retweeted
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17 Nov 2024
ASIC's decision to sue Cbus could be a watershed moment to revisit a sector that sits in a privileged position of looking after Australians' retirement savings with little scrutiny. By ⁦@adele_ferguson⁩ #ABCInvestigations abc.net.au/news/2024-11-18/c…

Cbus super fund investigation shines a light on red flags in the $4 trillion super industry

ASIC's decision to sue Cbus, alleging systemic claims-handling failures, after lengthy delays in death and disability claims, could be a watershed moment to revisit a sector that sits in a privileged...

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