News & Views Why would anyone campaign against improving the quality of childcare? Because quality costs money Ask any working parent with a young child and they will tell you that childcare takes up a lot of their thought.
News & Views Tony Abbott’s grandchildren could change his mind on paid parental leave Parents are supposed to love their children.
News & Views Power imbalance: When young women feel no choice but to comply with the sexual desires of a male boss Sharing personal stories of sexual harassment is hard.
News & Views The preschool gender gap hurting Australian girls If you were to read that of the world’s 775 million illiterate people two-thirds are female, would you be surprised? As shocking as this statistic is, it is probably not that surprising.
News & Views A letter to Mark Latham from a card carrying member of The Comfortable Shoe Brigade Like many women of my generation I am a card carrying member of what Mark Latham today called “the comfortable shoe brigade”.
News & Views What would Gough Whitlam have done about childcare? Clive Palmer reckons it can “set women free” and is much more valuable than paid parental leave.
News & Views Dear Mr Abbott, Can you please say something that matters? Dear Mr Abbott, Please excuse me, a stranger, for writing to you like this, but I need to ask you an important question.
News & Views Want cheap, plentiful, quality childcare? Go to Finland When a government calls upon its people for ideas about how to fix a pressing policy problem, it is inevitable that the call will be answered by a variety of people, with a variety of opinions.
News & Views Can Scott Morrison fix childcare? Can Scott Morrison fix childcare? Admittedly, it’s hard to fathom how someone who was happy to use the release of children from detention as a bargaining chip to get legislation passed, could be appointed as the person with responsibility for childcare in the first place, let alone, succeed at it.
News & Views An opinion you shouldn’t read by a woman who doesn’t want to be silenced You shouldn’t be reading this.
News & Views No Job, No Play: Is this the government’s new childcare policy? As far as slogans go, “no jab no play” is not too bad, not in the least because of that extra word in there.
News & Views Announced on Mother’s Day, but not really for mothers. A childcare package for mothers? Sadly not.