Investment fund centrepiece for education
ABC Online - May 13, 2008This funding also includes $114.5 million to establish 38 child care centres, including six autism specific centres...
Strong support to deny rich the baby bonus
NEWS.com.au - George Megalogenis - May 12, 2008MOST voters want the baby bonus and other payments taken away from higher-income earners, a Newspoll survey has found...
Rich mums love their children too
The Australian - Lenore Taylor - May 10, 2008The baby bonus certainly does send a social message, but as many have already argued, if it is more children we are after, it would make more sense to pay extra benefits...
Parents' fury at food policy
Daily Telegraph - Elle Halliwell - May 10, 2008Parents are furious about a new childcare centre policy that restricts the types of food they can put in their children's lunchboxes...
Rudd hints at means test on baby bonus
NEWS.com.au - Samantha Maiden - May 09, 2008"Well we believe that working families need every bit of support with things like tax cuts, things like the childcare tax rebate and things like the baby ...
Long hours affect families: minister
The Age - Sarah Smiles - May 8, 2008She said this flexibility, including better maternity leave benefits and child care, was central to improving workforce participation rates for women...
Childcare workers lack skills
Melbourne Herald Sun - Andrew Drummond - May 07, 2008MORE than a third of Australia''s long day childcare workers have no formal qualifications and most parents overestimate their formal...
Brumby's baby boom budget
The Age - Paul Austin - May 7, 2008Treasurer John Lenders also announced $180 million of extra spending on maternity and child health services to cope with Victoria's highest birth rate since...
Nelson's about-face on means testing
The Australian - Lenore Taylor - May 07, 2008When it came to deciding "what side of the line other benefits fall on", including family tax benefits and childcare benefits, he said it was necessary to...
Plan for child care in offices
The Canberra Times - John Thistleton - May 6, 2008New ACT Government offices with 500 or more employees will have child-care facilities in the future, under a recommendation from the ACT...
Aussie mothers' lot not so hot
NEWS.com.au - Natalie Tkaczuk Sikora - May 06, 2008The survey of 146 countries by Save the Children says our lack of access to low-cost child care and maternity leave means we are sliding
Paid parental leave proposal would slug all workers
NEWS.com.au - Sue Dunlevy - May 06, 2008A PLAN to fund maternity leave would see workers pay to cover six months' off for mums and a month for dads...
Mums have a point about work
The Australian - Michael Davis - May 05, 2008The Treasurer's emphasis on working mothers has angered the Australian Family Association, which claims he is discriminating against stay-at-home mothers...
Tax cuts to help working mums
Sydney Morning Herald - Kerry-Anne Walsh - May 4, 2008Lifting personal income tax thresholds, increasing the low-income tax offset and boosting the child-care cash rebate to 50 per cent will become lures for...
A children's tale: state hike to gobble feds' aid
The Age - Deborah Gough - May 4, 2008VICTORIAN parents have been urged to budget for further rises in child-care costs despite the Federal Government's pledge this week to bump up the rebate to...