Where is the emergency support package?
We have taken out full-page advertisements in the Daily Telegraph and Sydney Morning Herald today demanding the Prime Minister take responsibility for supporting the essential...
Early learning and childcare providers need rescue package
Early learning and childcare providers have been pushed to the brink by Covid19 and the Delta crisis and need an urgent rescue package to remain...
Confessions from a bored, scared & frustrated mum in lockdown
So here we are, with lockdowns stretching across the East Coast, from Melbourne (...again...) to parts of Queensland, and the Upper Hunter across to Greater...
Give early learning providers and educators lifeline
Early learning and childcare providers, and educators, are in crisis during Sydney’s extended lockdown but the Prime Minister and Education Minister Alan Tudge won’t budge...
Early education workforce under pressure
A new report by the United Workers Union (UWU) has warned early education is on the brink of crisis if wages and conditions of early...
Federal financial support urgently needed
With lockdowns now in place in south-east Queensland and the Upper Hunter, in addition to Greater Sydney, targeted Commonwealth support is urgently needed for families...
Welcome pause on childcare and centrelink debts
The union representing the public sector including Centrelink workers, the CPSU, and not-for-profit parent advocacy organisation The Parenthood, welcome the pause on generating debts in...
Lockdown Childcare Shock in Sydney
Reports of Sydney families being hit with Centrelink bills saying they owe thousands of dollars because they were paid too much childcare subsidy are causing...
Sydney families face huge spike in fees
The Parenthood - With the Greater Sydney lockdown extended for at least another four weeks, the Parenthood is calling for urgent Federal financial support to...
Childcare costst soar by 10% in two years
The Parenthood - out of pocket early learning and care costs have risen 10% in just two years, the latest CPI figures confirm. The annual...
Parents deliver clear message to politicians in new poll
Clear message: A new poll of 4,700 Australians confirms the high cost of early childhood education and care is a barrier that parents in Australia...
Three things parents should know about newborn crying
The creator of Calmbirth, Peter Jackson, once told me something I’ve never forgotten. He said ‘the sound of a newborn crying can be likened to...