News & Views ‘Life-changing’: Imagine a $10 cap on quality childhood education and care It’s possible, writes Georgie Dent. And not only life-changing, it could also be vote-changing in this “cost of working crisis”.
News & Views Forget the cost-of-living crisis. It’s the cost of working crisis that’s hurting parents Broke if you do, broke if you don’t, is the unfortunate catch-cry for families around the country caught in the cost-of-working crisis.
News & Views What I learned on parental leave without a baby Parenting is the hardest job in the world for which there is no formal training, writes CEO of The Parenthood, Georgie Dent.
News & Views Georgie Dent: I’m taking parental leave but without a baby Georgie Dent is stepping away from The Parenthood for 6 months, with Jessica Rudd stepping into the CEO role.
News & Views Children at school from 9am-6pm isn’t the answer but family-friendly schools matter Children need family-friendly schools, not extended hours. The struggle of working parents and the impact on families and children require flexible workplaces and accessible after-school care.
News & Views Maybanke Anderson: A kindred spirit who pioneered free early childhood education Discover the incredible life of Maybanke Anderson and her ongoing campaign for universal access to quality education and care.
News & Views 97% of early educators are women. 100% need a pay rise. This International Women’s Day will you show up for early childhood educators? In less than two minutes you can send a letter to your local member telling them that Early childhood educators need a pay rise! And they need it now.
Soapbox No hiding from the problems with early childhood education and care We need an early childhood system in which every child has access to totally affordable, inclusive quality early childhood education.
News & Views Not Now. Not Ever. 10 years on Julia Gillard delivers Julia Gillard stepping onto stage, resplendent in gold, to a rockstar welcome from the 5000+ strong crowd, was in itself a quantum leap from 2012.
News & Views Two years ago Anthony Albanese made a decision that put him on the path to become Prime Minister In October 2020 just as Scott Morrison showed women how little he cared about their economic security, Labor committed to childcare reform.
News & Views Everything I wanted to say at the Job Summit about Early Education* Georgie Dent had 2 minutes to make the case for early childhood education & care reform at the Job Summit. This is what she wanted to say.
News & Views Early learning & care is radically unaffordable but there is a bigger crisis Without urgently stemming the loss of the early learning and care workforce – with decent pay and conditions – there will be no early childhood education and care.