News & Views Framing child care reform as a cash grab for high-earning women is a distraction That child care reform will benefit high-earning women is a two-bit sideshow compared to the economic and social benefits it will deliver.
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News & Views How will COVID-19 impact our children in the long term? Every family has been under immense pressure since the pandemic began, and many are concerned about what it means for their child’s future.
News & Views The childcare situation in Victoria right now is a disaster Thousands of educators in long day childcare services across Melbourne have no guarantee of income for at least the next 6 weeks.
News & Views Australia followed the science in managing COVID-19. We must do the same with early education Australian research is clear that children who attend preschool or childcare are less likely to arrive at school delayed in their development.
News & Views A return to pre-COVID childcare fees will force women out of work More than half of families using childcare will see one parent forced to reduce paid work if childcare fees return in full in July.
News & Views Childcare is critical for COVID-19 recovery. We can’t just snap back to ‘normal’ funding arrangements As we navigate uncharted territories over the coming months, the needs of children, families and the early childhood education workforce must be at the forefront of our thinking.
News & Views No, Dan Tehan. The old childcare system did not ‘work well’ & it certainly won’t now To snap back to a childcare system that was complex and unworkable even before COVID-19 is nothing short of madness, writes Lisa Bryant.
News & Views Parents urge the government not to pull the rug out on free childcare early Worried parents are calling on the federal government to halt its plans to ‘snap back’ to the old childcare system in June.
News & Views On childcare, we can’t ‘waste the crisis’ and go back to the old system In a remarkable turn of events, yesterday Education Minister Dan Tehan urged the parents of Australia to send their little comrades to kindy.
News & Views The hidden piece of the childcare puzzle that could support more healthcare workers There’s a hidden, under-utilised piece of the childcare system in Australia that has the capacity to support healthcare workers.
News & Views Early childhood education & care is broken. Coronavirus proves it If there was ever definitive proof that Australia’s early childhood education & care system is broken, coronavirus bringing the sector to its knees is it.