Childcare
Childcare package disregards needs of children
Families across Australia have been caught off guard with the announcement of a new childcare package ahead of tomorrow’s Budget.......
Subsidising nannies bad for kids
The federal government has announced a two-year trial program to subsidise nannies which Social Services Minister Scott Morrison says will......
Community child care groups say Abbott’s nanny inclusive rebate misguided
Community childcare groups have called Tony Abbott’s plan to reform the child care rebate misguided. The child care rebate doesn’t......
Childcare or child abuse?
Well-known children’s author, Mem Fox, has created a stir, by likening parents putting their kids into childcare…to child abuse. Chair......
Spiralling childcare costs – are government subsidies the answer or the problem?
Research Officer, Jennifer Buckingham, from The Centre for Independent Studies has just put out some new research that says that......
Our hidden child carers – grandparents raising grandchildren
Today in Sydney, grandparents and welfare workers gathered to discuss an often unrecognized and unsupported childcare network. Over the last......
Paper presents a controversial take on child care
Jennifer Buckingham from the Centre for Independent Studies released a paper today called Child care: Who benefits? In it she......
Not just research, more child care workers needed
Margaret Young, National President of Early Childhood Australia responds to claims that funding spent on child care isn’t justified. She......
ABC learning boss hits the young rich list
This week Business Review Weekly released their “Young Rich” list, a who’s who of the under 40 mega rich young......
Childcare – Quality as well as Quantity
This week’s budget aimed to give parents of young children what they desperately want – more access to childcare. While......