Early learning workforce needs extra 21,000 educators
The early childhood education and care workforce is estimated to need 21,000 more educators to meet current demand for early childhood education, the Jobs and...
Inadequate care options cause mothers to work and earn less
Inadequate care options cause majority of working mothers to work and earn less - A new survey has found that 61% of working mothers in...
Campaigners celebrate bill for super on paid parental leave
“Fighting the motherhood penalty”: campaigners celebrate bill for super on paid parental leave. Paying superannuation on paid parental leave could mean as much as $30,000...
700 000 Australians don’t have access to ECEC
A new report from The Mitchell Institute at Victoria University release today, has found that roughly 700,000 Australians live in areas with virtually no access...
Poor NAPLAN results highlight need for early learning
A universal early learning system would support the most disadvantaged children to thrive at school and beyond. Lack of access to early learning doesn’t just...
A Monumental Win for Early Childhood Educators
This is a message we have dreamed of sending. Early childhood educators are going to receive a well deserved pay rise that reflects the value...
Historic wage rise for early childhood educators
The Parenthood says a 15 per cent wage increase for early childhood educators is historic and will benefit early childhood educators, as well as children,...
The Parenthood Newsletter August 2024
Are you a parent of young kids living outside a capital city? Or, do you know any parents in that boat? If so we really, like...
Childcare reform crucial to parents’ votes
New research finds that improving the early learning and childcare system is a top voting consideration for parents of young children, more so than other...
Plunging birth rates make affordable ECEC crucial
Parenting and early learning advocates say that a more affordable and accessible early childhood education and care system would ease parents’ financial concerns about having...
Do you struggle to access care for your children?
Do you struggle to access care for your children? (e.g. daycare, family daycare, preschool, after school care, holiday programs). Is childcare really hard to access?...
The Parenthood Newsletter July 2024
Welcome to the July edition of The Parenthood newsletter! Parents in Australia now receive an additional two weeks of paid parental leave and a new...