So high are childcare costs that on the fourth day or work per week a returning parent can face an effective marginal tax rate as high as 67%
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Even after the changes in the budget the financial penalty facing mothers who work reaches 80%. And the changes are temporary.
Labor’s childcare policy would do more for the economy than either side’s proposed tax cuts.
