<p>Childcare has become a system that almost everyone relies on, but very few think is working properly.</p><p>Families pay a lot, quality is uneven, and after years of marketisation the sector is now dominated by for-profit providers. </p><p>So how did Australia end up here? Why is the system still so expensive? What does the data say are the differences between for-profit and not-for-profit care? Does fixing it now require more than tinkering at the edges?</p><p>Adelajda Soltysik is one of Australia's foremost experts on childcare. She joins Alan Kohler to examine the deeper fault lines in the system - from the shift away from direct government funding, to the limits of means-tested subsidies, the case for a 100 per cent subsidy, the lessons from Canada, the role of private equity, and why some of the best community-run centres are still struggling to survive.</p><p>Senior Policy Advisor with the Centre for Policy Development Adelajda Soltysik joins Alan Kohler to unpack it all on That's Business with Alan Kohler.</p><p>Got a burning business question?</p><p>Send a short voice recording to the ABC Business Daily team at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p>