The Parenthood Newsletter September 2021
Aussie dads take less than 20 percent of the parental leave that dads take globally. It means new mothers here still carry the heavy expectation...
Greatest gift for fathers - expansion of paid parental leave
The Parenthood has welcomed the release of the Grattan Institute’s parental leave report on Father’s Day and its recommendations for a more generous and equitable...
Government must respect early educators
As parents express thanks and gratitude on Early Childhood Educators’ Day today, they are calling on the Federal Government to step up, respect this critical...
Affordable, quality early learning crucial for equal pay
Australian women can’t achieve equal pay without the support of universally accessible, high-quality and affordable early learning and childcare, according to The Parenthood. Today is...
Support our Early Childhood Educators!
A few weeks ago one of our many amazing supporters, Simone Flanagan, has started a petition calling on the Federal Government to prioritise the vaccination...
Parenthood welcomes Federal Government’s rescue package
Days after The Parenthood took out full-page advertisements in Sydney newspapers and following combined efforts of providers, educators and parents, the Federal Government has announced...
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...