Winding back childcare “Activity Test” a seismic win for children, equity & nation: The Parenthood
December 11, 2024
The federal government’s commitment to wind back the punitive childcare “Activity Test” – which locks an estimated 126,000 children out of early learning [1] –...
Cost of living for parents of young children soars by 27 per cent since 2021
December 10, 2024
Living expenses for parents of children under five have grown by 27 per cent since 2021, and the exorbitant cost of early learning and care...
Fixed-fee childcare model key to parents’ votes at Federal Election
December 02, 2024
The Parenthood, who have been campaigning for universal early learning and childcare to ease cost of living and cost of working pressures on families for...
Replacing Child Care Subsidy with a low fixed-fee could lift women’s workforce participation by 134,000 FTE workers
November 25, 2024
Mothers’ workforce participation could be lifted by up to 134,000 full-time-equivalent workers if the Federal Government caps daily early learning and childcare fees at $10...
INEFFECTIVE AND INFLATIONARY – CHILDCARE SUBSIDY FAILING AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
November 01, 2024
New analysis shows that families with young children have received little to no cost relief from the increases to the rate of the Childcare Subsidy...
EARLY LEARNING COSTS SKYROCKET MORE THAN FOUR TIMES INFLATION
October 30, 2024
Wednesday 30 October Families with children in early education and care are grapplingwith sky-rocketing out-of-pocket costs.Wednesday 30 October Families with children in early education and...
NSW Training Awards: Early Childhood Education and Care - Vocational Student of the Year 2024
October 01, 2024
Vocational Student of the Year 2024 - Samantha Zannes Jenny's Kindergarten and Early Learning Centre – Bathurst Driven to tailor education to children with additional needs, Samantha...
NSW Training Awards: Early Childhood Education and Care - Trainee Of The Year 2024
September 30, 2024
Trainee Of The Year 2024 Lachlan Carey – Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care Newcastle’s A Magical Time Children's Centre. Facing his fair...
The Parenthood's CEO, Georgie Dent, writes to the Productivity Commission
September 26, 2024
The report identifies, in Finding 4.3, there are 328,000 parents not participating in the paidworkforce as much as they would like due to barriers around...
Tassie playdates: Senator Tammy Tyrrell and The Parenthood hear from local parents struggling with childcare
September 19, 2024
On Thursday 26 and Friday 27 September, Senator Tammy Tyrrell and The Parenthood are teaming up to host three playdates for local families in Launceston,...
The change Australia’s parents are crying out for on universal early childhood education and care
September 18, 2024
The change Australia’s parents are crying out for: PC backs campaign for universal early childhood education and careA landmark report from the Productivity Commission today...
Provision of superannuation on Paid Parental Leave
The long-term financial security of parents, particularly mothers, in their retirement years, is threatened by the Coalition’s proposed changes to the Paid Parental Leave Bill,...