The Education of Sallyanne Atkinson

ABC Learning Chair Sallyanne Atkinson learns political economy the hard way:

DEEP in debt, Sallyanne Atkinson appears stunned by the collapse of ABC Learning.

“I find that absolutely bizarre” the businesswoman who chaired the failed childcare corporation for seven years said yesterday when told 40 per cent of the centres are unprofitable.

“This is a business subsidised by the Government. How can it be unprofitable?”