News & Views Affordable childcare is a no brainer for unlocking the workforce “Last year, it was reported that more than 90,000 Australian parents stayed out of the workforce completely because the cost of childcare was too high.”
Politics The 2022 Election will be different “Whichever way you cut it, the May 2022 Federal Election will be different because we are a different nation in a different world.”
News & Views Changes to childcare a step in the right direction, but not enough On Sunday, the federal government announced a $1.7 billion investment in its childcare subsidy ahead of the upcoming budget.
News & Views A silver bullet for women? The case for universal child care explored The Parenthood and Thrive by Five teamed up with Women’s Agenda to explore why radically reforming child care is important for us all.
News & Views Childcare fees up by 34% since 2013 & minister says families should ‘shop around’ Federal education minster Dan Tehan says childcare is a private sector market and some providers are operating above the government’s cap, introduced in 2017.
News & Views Expensive childcare is making it harder for women to return to work In the UK, women with children are less likely to be in paid work than men who have children or women who don’t have a family.
News & Views Childcare costs are an increasing stress for parents. Now’s the time for good policy-making Childcare costs have risen by about 145% in real terms since 2002. We need some good policy-making to help increasingly stressed parents.
News & Views Why Labor’s childcare policy is the biggest economic news of the election campaign In an election campaign full of giveaways but short on serious economic reform, Labor’s proposed change to childcare support is most important.
Uncategorised Voters want action on women’s issues, but will our leaders listen? More than half of Australians feel women’s issues are recurrently sidelined by the government, according to a new poll released this week.
News & Views Shorten promises $4 billion for child care, benefitting 887,000 families Families earning up to $174,000 will receive cheaper childcare under a Labor government, under a $4billion suite of changes proposed by Bill Shorten.
News & Views Experts & parents unite to call on political parties to deliver quality early learning A group of experts and parents have come together to ensure childcare is on the agenda for all political parties at the upcoming federal election.
News & Views ‘We can’t ignore impact of childhood costs on NSW families’: Australian Childcare Alliance NSW calls for inquiry The peak industry body for early childhood education and care in NSW is calling for an inquiry into the continually increasing cost of childcare.