child care

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.