Pre-Budget Submission 2022-23 to the Australian Treasury
The Parenthood has provided a Pre-Budget Submission to the Australian Treasury for the 2022-2023 Federal Budget. Prioritising support for children and parents, particularly mothers, represents...
The Parenthood link list - news, tips and interviews
Here you can find links to interesting stories in TV, radio, newspaper, blogs, online or offline on issues about Paid Parental Leave, Early Childhood Education,...
Sit in the fire: how to talk to kids about the world as it is
The world seems reeling with catastrophe. Off the back of two years of COVID19 many of us feel burnt out, and with recent events both in...
We need to talk about cupcakes - IWD 2022
Does that sound a bit random? Stay with me. We need to talk about cupcakes because it is International Women’s Day this week and over...
Women can't achieve equity without early learning reform
This International Women’s Day (Tues 8 March), The Parenthood is calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to ensure the upcoming Federal Budget addresses women’s equity...
Federal government leaves families out in the rain
With more than 450 early learning services closed across Queensland and NSW due to catastrophic flooding, the Federal Government has instructed services that they must...
Assistance needed urgently for families in flood affected regions
With at least 879 early learning services currently closed due to the floods in south-east Queensland and northern NSW, The Parenthood is calling on the...
Latest childcare fee hikes unsustainable
The Parenthood points to media reports this week of ASX-listed childcare provider G8 increasing fees by 4.5 per cent as a dire warning of the...
Australia can't achieve gender equity without ECEC reform
The Parenthood has joined calls today for urgent action from all political parties to invest more in early learning and parental leave as a significant...
We need to talk about Wednesday
A lunch away from my home desk is pretty rare. But Wednesday’s lunch was rarer still. I drove to Canberra and had the extraordinary honour...
Do you want to help us and help yourself?
Now we're in the swing of 2022 (how is it February already 🙈) it's time to talk! We have a few exciting sessions coming up...
My kids and I tested positive on the same day
In late 2020 (which feels like 20 years ago now), I started calling my kids “COVID kids”. My then 18-month old ended every nursery rhyme...