LNP’S CHILDCARE PLAN: SUPPORT FOR CHILDCARE FUND WELCOME, REINSTATING ACTIVITY TEST WILL SET FAMILIES BACK
April 23, 2025
The Liberal-National Coalition's plan to reinstate the punitive childcare subsidy Activity Test [1] will set Australian families back by restricting over 126,000 children, mostly from...
PAY RISE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS LONG OVERDUE RECOGNITION OF FEMINISED WORKFORCE
April 16, 2025
Parents’ advocates have welcomed today’s Fair Work Commission recommendation of a significant pay rise for early childhood workers, as part of a landmark decision on...
COALITION’S CUTS TO FEE-FREE TAFE RISKS ACCESS TO CARE FOR THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN
April 15, 2025
Progress towards fixing the early childhood education and care skills shortage, and access to care for thousands of children, could be reversed if the Coalition’s...
$10/DAY CHILDCARE COULD SAVE FAMILIES NEARLY $35,000 OVER 3 YEARS – ENOUGH FOR A HOME DEPOSIT
April 15, 2025
Soaring childcare and early learning costs are preventing families with young children from entering the property market.As the major parties spruik their housing policies, advocacy...
LNP'S REGIONAL AUSTRALIA FUTURE FUND WELCOMED BY ADVOCATES, COMPREHENSIVE CHILDCARE POLICY STILL NEEDED
April 10, 2025
The Liberal-National Coalition's proposed Regional Australia Future Fund will help improve childcare and early learning access across rural, regional and remote communities.Maddy Butler, The Parenthood’s...
UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE KEY TO BOOSTING SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FOR DISADVANTAGED KIDS: REPORT
April 10, 2025
All parties must commit to making quality early childhood education and care more affordable and accessible so children from low-income backgrounds can reach their full...
FED ELECTION: RURAL GROUPS CALL ON OPPOSITION TO REVEAL CHILDCARE POLICIES
April 10, 2025
Pressure is mounting on the Liberal-National Coalition to reveal their childcare policy with regional advocacy organisations including the National Farmers Federation, GrainGrowers and the Australian Education Union writing...
EARLY LEARNING SCORECARD REVEALS PARTIES’ CHILDCARE POLICIES
April 09, 2025
A political scorecard (attached) revealing major parties’ policy commitments regarding the quality, cost and availability of childcare has today been released by The Parenthood. Of seven...
PARENTS PRESS OPPOSITION TO REVEAL CHILDCARE POLICY AFTER FLEXIBLE WORK BACKLASH
April 08, 2025
With just two weeks until pre-poll voting opens, advocacy group The Parenthood has written to the Federal Opposition to clarify what, if anything, they are...
FREE CHILDCARE A COST-OF-LIVING GAMECHANGER FOR FAMILIES: ADVOCATES WELCOME GREENS’ POLICY
April 06, 2025
The Greens’ intention to prioritise free, universal early childhood education and care in the next Parliament has been welcomed by parents’ advocates, who say it...
GREENS-BACKED NATIONAL CHILDCARE COMMISSION WOULD MAKE CHILDREN SAFER, BRING COSTS DOWN
April 02, 2025
The Greens’ plans to establish an independent Early Childhood Education and Care Commission will improve safety and quality for children in early education, bring costs...
MEDIA ALERT: COWPER FAMILIES’ FORUM ON LOCAL CHILDCARE CRISIS
March 27, 2025
Much of the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, in the electorate of Cowper, is a childcare desert, where at least three children compete...