families

The climate crisis is sending insurance costs and household bills through the roof and Australian families paying the price. 

With dads being the primary earners in many heterosexual households, it was often the mother who gave up work to manage extra work at home during the pandemic. But what about heterosexual households where the mother was the primary earner?

A report uses an international benchmark of no more than 7% of disposable income spent on childcare to determine affordability.

The Coalition’s increase in child-care subsidies is a step in the right direction, though more needs to be done, writes Danielle Wood, Kate Griffiths and Owain Emslie.