early childhood education and care

Discover the incredible life of Maybanke Anderson and her ongoing campaign for universal access to quality education and care.

Targeting more men to work in the care sector is one proposal the board of treasurers’ has submitted to address workforce shortages. 

The inquiry will lay the foundations for achieving a universally accessible, high-quality early learning and care system in Australia. 

Families from rural and regional Australia are disadvantaged when it comes to childcare, according to the Early Learning Monitor’s survey.

Here’s a snapshot of the reaction to the federal budget from women’s advocacy organisations and other groups.

In October 2020 just as Scott Morrison showed women how little he cared about their economic security, Labor committed to childcare reform.

Georgie Dent had 2 minutes to make the case for early childhood education & care reform at the Job Summit. This is what she wanted to say.

Children from some of the most disadvantaged families in Australia could benefit if the federal government abolished its activity test.

Early childcare workers will go on strike this September 7th, closing its centres to address the crisis situation of poor pay.

Without urgently stemming the loss of the early learning and care workforce – with decent pay and conditions – there will be no early childhood education and care.

Free childcare would generate $48billion per year, 255,000 full time jobs in the sector & free up the equivalent of 850,000 ft workers.

Affordable childcare could help boost the superannuation of Australian women, who are currently retiring with one third less super than men.