Parents need urgent relief from soaring interest rates
Many families with children under five will be feeling the strain with today’s announcement by the RBA of a 0.5% interest rate rise compounding existing...
New year of free early learning a huge opportunity
The Parenthood has welcomed the historic joint announcement today from the Victorian and NSW Governments to work together to transform early education. It is a...
Early intervention and inclusion - Can we do both?
Children and Young People with Disability Australia - For many children and young people with disability and their families, it was hoped that 2022 would...
$5 billion boost to early childhood education and care in NSW
The Parenthood welcomes the NSW Government’s announcement of $5 billion over 10 years in early learning as a vital emergency support for the state’s early...
Parents need relief from rising interest rates and childcare costs
Households with young children will be under increasing financial pressure from the combined impacts of the 0.5 per cent increase in interest rates announced by...
We welcome the new Minister for Early Childhood Education
The Parenthood has welcomes the announcement of Anne Aly as the new Minister for Early Childhood Education and Amanda Rishworth as the new Minister for...
A better deal for families was key to 2022 Federal Election
Delivering a better deal for women, children and families, through early learning and childcare reform, was a major feature of the election campaigns of the...
We have a new Government. This feels good!
The people of Australia have spoken and the message was clear. Collectively, we believe in better and we have elected an almost unrecognisable Parliament and...
This Saturday you have a real choice
Ensuring every child in Australia has access to quality early childhood education should be a bipartisan issue, but that's not the case this time. There is...
Australia ranks #2 in world for most expensive childcare
The release of new OECD families data highlights the crippling cost of early childhood education Australian parents endure. A couple with children in full time...
An honest conversation with Anthony Albanese
Just over a week ago I received a message that stopped me in my tracks. It was from the leader of the Opposition, Anthony Albanese,...
Mums need decent policies - not platitudes
Mums in Australia need policies to rectify the $876K penalty in lost wages and super that accumulate over the course of their lives as a...