Aug

20

2021

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...

Aug

18

2021

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...

Aug

11

2021

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...

Aug

10

2021

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...

Aug

10

2021

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...

Aug

05

2021

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...

Aug

04

2021

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...

Aug

03

2021

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...

Jul

30

2021

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...

Jul

28

2021

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...

Jul

26

2021

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...

Jul

23

2021

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...