childcare

An interview with Simon Birmingham by Georgina Dent about the recent childcare reform, combining a career in canberra with kids and women in politics.

The OECD report was about women’s workforce participation rates in Australia not stay-at-home mums being a drain on the economy.

According to the Pregnancy and Employment Transitions Survey, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics last week, 27% of women who returned to work following the birth of a child relied on grandparents as their main form of childcare.

Just about every time I click on a YouTube video, watch television or open a newspaper, I’m confronted with federal government advertisements informing me that we can claim a non-means tested childcare rebate.

Ask any working mum about her secret to success and there’s one common denominator: access to quality and affordable childcare.

Yesterday I read something that had its intended effect.

It’s the question that can overwhelm a new parent with fear and guilt.

It has always surprised me to hear children referred to as though they are some kind of consumer product or accessory.

After fifteen years in marketing and being the “kind of gal who was married to her job”, Melissa Grant experienced an unprecedented change in mindset while expecting her first child.

Just $160 is left in the average weekly pay packet of Australian working mums after the cost of childcare is taken out, according to the Australian Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry (AWCCI).

“I’ve got to get better at being a dad, and a partner, being around a bit more, not being stressed and knackered when I am,” he said.

I was going to say that I was gobsmacked by Senator David Leyonhjelm’s summation of caring for children last week on Channel 10’s The Project as “wiping noses and stopping the kids from killing each other”.