News & Views Who’s really paying the price for Australia’s childcare crisis? Australia’s high quality of life is offset by expensive childcare, impacting families and the economy significantly nationwide.
News & Views Say goodbye to the activity test: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to guarantee three days of subsidised childcare Parents may no longer have to be subject to the controversial “activity test” to determine their eligibility for childcare subsidies.
News & Views Productivity Commission releases report following inquiry into childcare The Productivity Commission has released a report based on its inquiry into Australia’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector, making several recommendations to improve access for families around the country.
News & Views Parents struggling to access childcare also facing financial stress in rural Australia, report finds Families finding it tough to access early learning services in regional, rural and remote parts of Australia are facing financial stress, a new report has found.
Local ‘Childcare deserts’: Research shows around 700,000 Australians have no access to childcare Around 700,000 Australians have virtually no access to childcare, as they live in areas classified as ‘childcare deserts’.
News & Views A Liberal Senator believes childcare is destroying the family unit. Is it any wonder women are leaving the party behind? Women are underrepresented in the Liberal Party. There is little wonder when one Senator believes childcare is destroying the family unit.
Politics Will Albanese’s ‘good first steps’ lead to a lasting legacy? Anthony Albanese discusses with Women’s Agenda the government’s pay increase announcement for childcare workers and his thoughts on legacy.
News & Views ‘Life-changing’: Imagine a $10 cap on quality childhood education and care It’s possible, writes Georgie Dent. And not only life-changing, it could also be vote-changing in this “cost of working crisis”.
Life ‘I’m screwed’: The impossible bind of the Child Care Subsidy activity test A woman on TikTok has called out the grim reality many parents face in affording early childhood education and care in Australia.
News & Views We’ve seen much-needed reform in childcare but marginalised children are still missing out Have recent changes to our childcare system simply embedded more disadvantage for some of our most marginalised children?
News & Views Denmark’s childcare system is one of the world’s cheapest, most progressive and accessible. How does it compare to Australia? Caroline Zielinski has moved to Denmark and enrolled her daughter in the childcare system. Here’s how it compares to Australia.
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