PARENTING ADVOCATES CELEBRATE NEW LABOR GOVERNMENT’S UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE VISION
May 03, 2025
Early childhood education campaigners across the country are celebrating as Anthony Albanese – who has declared he wants universal childcare to be his legacy – has been...
COALITION’S PAID PARENTAL LEAVE PLAN FORCES MUMS TO CHOOSE: SUPER FOR RETIREMENT OR FOOD ON THE TABLE TODAY
May 02, 2025
The Parenthood has criticised the Coalition’s newly released election costings, warning that their plan to make superannuation on paid parental leave (PPL) optional is a...
FED ELECTION: CHILDCARE DESERT FUNDS SHOULD START WITH THESE COMMUNITIES
May 02, 2025
Fifteen towns, including Nambucca Heads, Cairns and Bridgewater should be priority locations for the new and expanded early learning centres that major parties have committed...
LNP’S CHILDCARE PLAN: SUPPORT FOR CHILDCARE FUND WELCOME, REINSTATING ACTIVITY TEST WILL SET FAMILIES BACK
April 23, 2025
The Liberal-National Coalition's plan to reinstate the punitive childcare subsidy Activity Test [1] will set Australian families back by restricting over 126,000 children, mostly from...
PAY RISE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS LONG OVERDUE RECOGNITION OF FEMINISED WORKFORCE
April 16, 2025
Parents’ advocates have welcomed today’s Fair Work Commission recommendation of a significant pay rise for early childhood workers, as part of a landmark decision on...
COALITION’S CUTS TO FEE-FREE TAFE RISKS ACCESS TO CARE FOR THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN
April 15, 2025
Progress towards fixing the early childhood education and care skills shortage, and access to care for thousands of children, could be reversed if the Coalition’s...
$10/DAY CHILDCARE COULD SAVE FAMILIES NEARLY $35,000 OVER 3 YEARS – ENOUGH FOR A HOME DEPOSIT
April 15, 2025
Soaring childcare and early learning costs are preventing families with young children from entering the property market.As the major parties spruik their housing policies, advocacy...
LNP'S REGIONAL AUSTRALIA FUTURE FUND WELCOMED BY ADVOCATES, COMPREHENSIVE CHILDCARE POLICY STILL NEEDED
April 10, 2025
The Liberal-National Coalition's proposed Regional Australia Future Fund will help improve childcare and early learning access across rural, regional and remote communities.Maddy Butler, The Parenthood’s...
UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE KEY TO BOOSTING SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FOR DISADVANTAGED KIDS: REPORT
April 10, 2025
All parties must commit to making quality early childhood education and care more affordable and accessible so children from low-income backgrounds can reach their full...
FED ELECTION: RURAL GROUPS CALL ON OPPOSITION TO REVEAL CHILDCARE POLICIES
April 10, 2025
Pressure is mounting on the Liberal-National Coalition to reveal their childcare policy with regional advocacy organisations including the National Farmers Federation, GrainGrowers and the Australian Education Union writing...
EARLY LEARNING SCORECARD REVEALS PARTIES’ CHILDCARE POLICIES
April 09, 2025
A political scorecard (attached) revealing major parties’ policy commitments regarding the quality, cost and availability of childcare has today been released by The Parenthood. Of seven...
PARENTS PRESS OPPOSITION TO REVEAL CHILDCARE POLICY AFTER FLEXIBLE WORK BACKLASH
April 08, 2025
With just two weeks until pre-poll voting opens, advocacy group The Parenthood has written to the Federal Opposition to clarify what, if anything, they are...