childcare

Quality preschool can deliver $2 for every $1 from government. But some families pay more for childcare than private primary school costs.

The expected cost savings to parents from the government’s signature $2.5 billion childcare package have virtually been eradicated in 18 months.

Tony Abbott says in western countries middle class women do not have enough kids. Women in the welfare system have lots of kids.

PEXA has launched policies to support families, including six-months paid parental leave & up to $1000 in childcare assistance per month.

Revamping the childcare subsidy, proposed by KPMG, could see working parents better off and boost Australia’s economic growth by $700 million.

The purpose of Annabel Crabb’s quarterly essay Men at Work isn’t to denigrate men for not doing more: it examines what prevents them doing more.

The gender pay gap is diminishing according, however career interruptions are still considered “gendered and highly persistent”, writes Emma Willamson.

Shifting attitudes and gender roles will take concentrated effort from individuals, organisations, government and society, all of whom stand to benefit.

Female breadwinners are likely to earn much less than male breadwinners and continue to be burdened with more housework and childcare than men.

In her first speech Kate Thwaites said she is proud to be showing it’s possible to be a parliamentarian & the mother of a young child

In an election campaign full of giveaways but short on serious economic reform, Labor’s proposed change to childcare support is most important.

The work early childhood educators undertake is hard and valuable. Human brains learn more in the first five years than at any other time in their lives.