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,...
Childcare shortage crushes families in the regions
Regional, rural and remote parents are on the brink of burnout due to the lack of early childhood education and care in their communities, finds...
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...