News & Views Australia says it values early learning, but our actions tell another story Our early learning sector needs respect, fair pay, and support so children experience safety, joy, and real connection daily.
News & Views It’s been a long time coming: Confessions from a hopeful advocate for childcare reform After years of fighting for better childcare, the government’s new plan for universal, affordable early education is a big win for both kids and working parents.
News & Views Market forces alone are not meeting children’s needs: ACCC childcare report A report from Australia’s consumer watchdog has recommended urgent reform of childcare policies to improve the affordability and accessibility of care.
Employers Can Australia accelerate the take up of men sharing parental leave? To achieve paid-parental leave equality and see the benefits of parents better sharing care loads, it will take both the government, and employers, to seriously invest in funding, advocacy and education to shift the current status-quo.
News & Views Five things we need to do to fix early childhood education in Australia Lisa Annese shares five essential steps to fix childcare in Australia. Reimagine early childhood education for the benefit of all.
Jugglehood In regional NSW I can’t access enough childcare, and it’s amplifying cost of living pressures tenfold The cost of childcare isn’t even the biggest issue we’re facing as a family. The bigger problem is that we can’t access it properly.
News & Views More than four in five Australian families say childcare costs have skyrocketed: Research Families from rural and regional Australia are disadvantaged when it comes to childcare, according to the Early Learning Monitor’s survey.
News & Views Two years ago Anthony Albanese made a decision that put him on the path to become Prime Minister In October 2020 just as Scott Morrison showed women how little he cared about their economic security, Labor committed to childcare reform.
News & Views NSW government to invest billions in childcare and paid parental leave The NSW government has promised a $5 billion investment in childcare, as well as improvements to paid parental leave for the public sector.
Money The hand cream selling for $876,000 a bottle, on par with the price of motherhood Mothers in Ads launched a campaign for bids for a $876,000 bottle of hand cream to highlight the cost of motherhood
Politics Peter Gutwein’s resignation is proof the pandemic has shifted priorities for Australian families Gutwein admitted that leading through COVID had taken its toll. “I have nothing left in the tank to give,” he said.
News & Views Memo to decision-makers: Early education & care is a vote-changer 7 in 10 Australians say a universal high quality early education & care system would be good for the economy, education & inequity.
