childcare

As child-care centres close in Melbourne, the focus needs to be on what governments can do to cushion the impact on working parents.

A lot of effort’s going into promoting women in STEM but there’s one thing that’s standing in the way: unpaid work and the cost of childcare

Our workplaces need to be more family friendly – and employers and the government must be prepared to lead the change head on.

The end of free childcare is a double hit to working women. It hits an industry mostly staffed by women & will make it more difficult for women to work.

Even when the end of free childcare was announced in early June it felt inexplicably premature & short-sighted. Now, it seems completely unsustainable.

Childcare operators will be permitted to waive the gap fee for Melbourne parents from July 13, if their children do not attend due to new restrictions.

Free childcare provides the rarest of economic policy opportunities – an effective form of fiscal stimulus in the short term and the long run.

The government has acknowledged the disproportionate effects of this crisis on women. So what action can turn the ‘she-cession’ into a ‘she-recovery’?

About 40% of small businesses in Australia are owned by women. Carnell fears the imposition of childcare fees will exacerbate the gendered impact of the pandemic.

As Australia plunges into recession, experts are warning of a “pandemic motherhood penalty” that could have long lasting consequences for mothers.

New research from The Front Project & Mitchell Institute confirms a reduction in demand for childcare is practically guaranteed when childcare fees return.

Australian research is clear that children who attend preschool or childcare are less likely to arrive at school delayed in their development.