Coalition’s plan to reinstate childcare subsidy activity test slammed
The Coalition’s plan if elected, to reinstate the abolished childcare subsidy Activity Test has been slammed as poor policy that would see Australian parents lose guaranteed subsidised access to childcare. Reinstatement of the Activity Test could set Australian families back by restricting over 126,000 children, mostly from vulnerable backgrounds from accessing early learning. The Activity […]
Subsidised childcare to ease cost-of-living for nurses and midwives
Naomi Riley is in her 11th year of having children under five and juggling part-time work with paid and unpaid childcare. “My youngest is in two days of kindergarten a week that is fully funded whereas my husband and I paid for our two girls to go to kindergarten and childcare,” said Naomi, a midwife […]