child care

A new draft bill that would guarantee three days per week of childcare for all children aged five and under, capped at $10 per day, has been launched today.

Market forces under current policy settings are failing Australian families when it comes to childcare, a new report from the consumer watchdog says. 

As families prepare to file tax returns and plan for a new financial year, there are some key changes to expect for 2023-24.

Julia Gillard has been appointed the head of South Australia’s Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education.

The Parenthood and Thrive by Five teamed up with Women’s Agenda to explore why radically reforming child care is important for us all.

As we navigate uncharted territories over the coming months, the needs of children, families and the early childhood education workforce must be at the forefront of our thinking.

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.

Andrea Christie-David is a human rights lawyer who saw an opening in the childcare market. She’s a finalist in the 2019 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards.

Support working mothers has changed continually over the past few decades. Carla Pascoe Leahy, has interviewed successive generations of Australian mothers to find out what worked for them.

Families earning up to $174,000 will receive cheaper childcare under a Labor government, under a $4billion suite of changes proposed by Bill Shorten.

The peak industry body for early childhood education and care in NSW is calling for an inquiry into the continually increasing cost of childcare.

I was speaking to a man in a male-dominated industry the other day who told me he wanted to take parental leave when his wife gave birth to their child.