Georgie Dent

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.

Free childcare would generate $48billion per year, 255,000 full time jobs in the sector & free up the equivalent of 850,000 ft workers.

“Whichever way you cut it, the May 2022 Federal Election will be different because we are a different nation in a different world.”

A video demanding action to ensure ALL women can enjoy safety, respect & equity has sparked a conversation about women, power & privilege.

An alliance including Grace Tame, Brittany Higgins, Larissa Behrendt, Madison de Rozario & Christine Holgate call for Safety Respect Equity.

Women in Australia remain underpaid, undervalued, underemployed & unsafe in ways men aren’t. Women for Progress call for change.

Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame both believe – fervently – that a better future is not an abstract hypothetical. It is a choice.

A national survey of 3043 Australians by The Parenthood found that 66% of parents don’t believe it’s safe for school to return as planned.

‘Push through or lockdown’ overlooks the valid alternative between those options: to live safely with the virus.

The failure of Australia’s parenting policies means the motherhood penalty costs the average working woman $696K in earnings & $180K in super.

In 2022 let’s demand expanded paid parental leave & universal access to early childhood education & care. Join #ParentsUp for a better deal.

Senator Pauline Hanson has been promoting and amplifying bigotry and racism that enables this shameful gap to flourish for decades.