A Coalition party room meeting recently debated the A$1.7 billion childcare package announced in the budget, which would increase subsidies for families with more than one child in care and remove a cap on subsidies for higher-income families. Reports Laurien Beane Some MPs reportedly argued childcare...
Leah Ruppanner and Andrea Carson say Politicians criticising women for ‘outsourcing’ parenting need a reality check. Here it is. During a heated exchange in a Coalition party room meeting about childcare subsidies, a male MP stated working women are “outsourcing parenting”. The notion that working mothers are...
The federal government is pitching its 2021 budget as “women-friendly” writes Danielle Wood, Kate Griffiths and Owain Emslie. This week it announced a key feature of that – more money to make child care cheaper and boost women’s workforce participation. The Coalition’s policy will increase spending...
Kate Noble and Sarah Pilcher report that many families in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales have been paying around double what families in other states and territories pay for preschool. Median out of pocket costs for preschool, per hour, range from A$2.82 to $3.82 in...
CEO of Early Childhood Australia, Samantha Page looks at early-childhood care and education options and the services they offer. ...
Female workforce participation has risen for the past two decades in Australia, write Barbara Broadway and Esperanza Vera-Toscano, and in turn, more young kids have been attending formal childcare. So it’s very surprising the latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey shows a...
Carol Soleymanbik has been a childcare centre director for 17 years. She believes the very best childcare centres are those which go over and above the basics to truly nurture each child’s early development. Here she shares her top five tips to help you choose...
If you’re assessing your child care options for next year, now is the time to find out how the Government’s child care package will work for your family. It may not be worth going back to work at all as the latest Social Impact Report...
If you’re assessing your child care options for next year, now is the time to find out how the Government’s new child care package will work for your family....
children have reduced immunity to infection, which means once they start childcare they are likely to have more illnesses as they become exposed to a large number of other children....
