Childcare is increasingly expensive for parents – and staff are leaving the sector.
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A new report calls for a federal strategy and package of support for the sector to reduce the risk of transmission among the one million unvaccinated children attending childcare and pre-school.
The government is paying childcare services in hot-spots 25% of pre-pandemic revenue. But without parents’ fees, the sector is still in a tough position.
Not being able to attend nurseries due to lockdown has affected children’s growth in emotional, linguistic and physical terms. The longterm effect could heighten inequality
From nursery closures to families self-isolating, COVID has disrupted children’s access to pre-school care. This impacts their development, and their parents’ ability to work
If the government really wants to invest in early childhood education, it needs to back the workforce.
Whether the policy benefits high-income or low-income families matters, but it also misses the point — early childhood policies need to focus on what benefits children.
The government will provide free child care in a move aimed at ensuring parents, especially in essential services, are able to keep working. More than 945,000 families with 1.3 million children will benefit.
If schools and childcare centres shut without the necessary support, Australia may permanently lose valuable teachers and early childhood educators.
Mexico is the second most dangerous country for women in Latin America. Yet the new government is slashing funding for programs meant to protect and empower women.
If you’re confused about all the millions and billions thrown around for education by the two major parties, here’s the low-down on what the policies actually mean.
What are the key policy issues on which the 2019 federal election will be fought?
Labor is promising to help hundreds of thousands of families have access to more affordable childcare. This is an important investment but the details of how it will work must be given priority.
Free childcare schemes aren’t working and babies are too important to be left on the shelf.
It is vital that Ontario’s child-care reforms reach all families, and that the province learns from mistakes made in Quebec.
Why does childcare work have such a status problem in Britain?
Policymakers can get more for their money when planing incentives for mothers to work.
Here’s how the government’s new childcare plan will change the way families are given assistance with paying for child care.
Will an increase in free nursery hours lead to greater support for publicly-provided childcare?
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said that Australia spends more at a Commonwealth level on negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts than it does on child care or higher education. Is he right?
Top contributors
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Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Former Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Director of Research and Development, Pivot Professional Learning; and Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Flinders University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professional Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University
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Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent
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Professor of Early Childhood, School of Education and Communities, University of East London
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
