Child Care News
Bundaberg North childcare facility approved
Bundaberg Now - Ashley Schipper - May 6, 2021A new childcare facility featuring a playgroup and community meeting hall in Bundaberg North has been approved. The Development Permit for Material Change of Use for a Child Care Centre and Community Use was recently submitted to Bundaberg Regional Council by ...
FROEBEL to bring early learning to new innovation precinct at University of Melbourne
The Sector - Jason Roberts - May 6, 2021Not for profit early learning provider FROEBEL will develop, build, and operate a new Early Childhood Education and Care Service at Melbourne Connect, a new innovation precinct powered by the University of Melbourne. The service will cater for 92 children from approx six months ...
Tens of thousands of parents could work more days after childcare cap scrapped
Sydney Morning Herald - Katrina Curtis - May 5, 2021Tens of thousands of parents could find it worthwhile to take on extra work once the government removes an annual cap on childcare subsidies for higher-income families. At the moment, families earning $189,390 or more a year can only receive up to $10,560 in subsidies for each child...
Federal Budget 2021: Here’s everything we know so far
Yahoo Finance - Jessica Yun - May 5, 2021Growing the economy, getting Aussies back in jobs, and lowering the unemployment rate. These priorities are at the top of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s agenda as he puts final touches to the 2021-22 Federal Budget to be delivered on 11 May. The “pandemic budget” will contain measures...
JOSH FRYDENBERG: Childcare is about to get more affordable for around 250,000 low & middle-income families.
Mamamia - The Hon Josh Frydenberg MP - May 4, 2021Under the Coalition, female workforce participation has hit a record high. The gender pay gap has narrowed from a peak of 18.2 per cent under Labor to 13.4 per cent today, a record low. This sees a woman on average full-time earnings around $1,100 a year better off. Female ...
OPINION On budget night, here’s how we’ll know if Scott Morrison really cares about women
WA Today - Ross Gittins - May 4, 2021What’s providential is that both aged care and childcare are “industries” largely reliant on federal government funding and regulation, as well as having predominantly female customers and employing huge numbers of women. The Australia Institute’s Matt Grudnoff has calculated ...
Changes to the childcare subsidy in the federal budget don't address systemic issues
ABC News - The Conversation / By Kate Noble and Peter Hurley - May 4, 2021The Australian government has announced big changes to its childcare subsidy ahead of the May 11 federal budget. The changes involve adding $1.7 billion over three years to the money already budgeted for child care (now $10.3 billion a year). This spending will particularly benefit...
The government’s proposed childcare changes amount to little more than tinkering
Women's Agenda - Lisa Bryant - May 4, 2021Political parties know that families are so rushed these days that skimming headlines is as good as it gets. $1.7b childcare boost? 95% childcare subsidy? Lower fees the more children you have in childcare? Woohoo! But there are key details you may have missed, and which ...
Childcare is the new battleground for the Coalition and Labor. What are they each promising?
The Canberra Times - Sally Whyte - May 4, 2021Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced the government will spend an extra $1.7 billion on childcare in next week's budget, as part of a bid to allow more parents to work more hours without getting stung by hefty fees. The promise from the government comes after a tumultuous ...
‘Tax justice’ for stay-at-home mums knocked back in Coalition fight
The Sydney Morning Herald - David Crowe - May 4, 2021Federal ministers and backbenchers have slapped down attacks from colleagues over the government’s $1.7 billion childcare boost in an internal row over whether mothers should be encouraged to stay at home or return to work. The conservative attacks on the new budget policy ...
$4 million Orange child care centre with 155 places is supported
Central Western Daily - David Fitzsimons - May 4, 2021A major $4 million child care centre open 14 hours a day with spaces for 155 children has been recommended for approval in Orange...
Budget 2021: G8 shares climb on childcare subsidy promise
The Australian - Glen Norris - May 3, 2021G8 Education shares had their best performance this year after the Federal Government flagged a $1.7bn investment in childcare in next week’s Budget. The Gold Coast-based company’s shares climbed as much as 7% on Monday, the most since December 7, after the Treasurer...
The Coalition’s child-care subsidy plan: how it works, and what it means for families and the economy
The Conversation - Danielle Wood, Kate Griffiths, Owain Emslie, Grattan Institute - May 3, 2021The federal government is pitching its 2021 budget as “women-friendly”. Yesterday it announced a key feature of that – more money to make child care cheaper and boost women’s workforce participation. The Coalition’s policy will increase spending on the child-care subsidy from ...
Childcare changes set to benefit low and middle income families
The Australian - Jade Gailberger - May 3, 2021Working parents with more than one child in care could have fee relief before July next year following concerns the wait was too long for struggling families. About 250,000 families nationwide are expected to reap the benefits of the childcare subsidy being raised to a maximum ...
Childcare is reform, not welfare
Financial Review - Craig Emerson - May 3, 2021With the release of the government’s childcare policy in response to Labor’s policy announced in last year’s budget reply, the analysis will quickly turn to which is better for working families. But it’s the reform dimension that matters most for the nation’s future. While well-off blokes ...
