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 is critical for COVID-19 recovery. We can’t just snap back to ‘normal’ funding arrangements 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.
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.
Uncategorised Lawyer Andrea Christie-David has created a childcare alternative & business is booming 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.
News & Views From the 1970s to today: How parents have been juggling kids & work 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.
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 ‘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.
News & Views Men taking paternity leave: How can we make it a better option? 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.