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...
FREE CHILDCARE A COST-OF-LIVING GAMECHANGER FOR FAMILIES: ADVOCATES WELCOME GREENS’ POLICY
April 06, 2025
The Greens’ intention to prioritise free, universal early childhood education and care in the next Parliament has been welcomed by parents’ advocates, who say it...
GREENS-BACKED NATIONAL CHILDCARE COMMISSION WOULD MAKE CHILDREN SAFER, BRING COSTS DOWN
April 02, 2025
The Greens’ plans to establish an independent Early Childhood Education and Care Commission will improve safety and quality for children in early education, bring costs...
MEDIA ALERT: COWPER FAMILIES’ FORUM ON LOCAL CHILDCARE CRISIS
March 27, 2025
Much of the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, in the electorate of Cowper, is a childcare desert, where at least three children compete...
CHILDCARE: GOVT’S QUALITY AND SAFETY MEASURES CRITICAL NEXT STEP FOR REFORM
March 27, 2025
Safety and quality breaches, non-payment of wages and financial integrity problems will see childcare providers cut off from government funding in a move welcomed by...
FEDERAL BUDGET RESPONSE: TREASURER’S $5 BILLION DOWN-PAYMENT ON UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE
March 25, 2025
Tonight’s Federal Budget doubles down on the Albanese government’s commitment to deliver universal early childhood education and care, says The Parenthood. The Budget includes a $5...
NEW CHILDCARE COMMISSION REQUIRED TO ADDRESS UNSCRUPULOUS PROVIDERS THAT PUT PROFIT BEFORE CHILDREN
March 25, 2025
Early childhood education and care advocates have called for an early childhood education and care commission with the power to weed out unscrupulous operators that...
CHILDCARE REVELATIONS: STRONG LEADERSHIP NEEDED TO WEED OUT UNSCRUPULOUS PROVIDERS PUTTING PROFIT BEFORE KIDS AND FAMILIES
March 17, 2025
The shocking mistreatment of children exposed in an ABC Four Corners story airing tonight represents some of the most extreme failures of Australia’s profit-driven childcare system,...
COWPER FAMILIES’ FORUM ON LOCAL CHILDCARE CRISIS
March 11, 2025
Much of the Mid North Coast of New South Wales is a childcare desert, where at least three children compete for an early learning and...
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS IN TURMOIL MORE EVIDENCE FOR STRONGER GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, FEE CAPS
March 07, 2025
The latest upheaval at Genius Childcare - centres closing, child health and safety breaches, staff unpaid, and parents left scrambling [1] and the emergency closures...