Make It Free: More than 70 women-led businesses and 600 business owners demand urgent childcare reform Economy Georgina Dent 13 August 2020 A group of predominately women-led businesses are spearheading an urgent campaign calling for free childcare.
How reintroducing childcare fees will put a ‘handbrake’ on women’s participation in the workforce Coronavirus Angela Priestley 10 June 2020 Australian families will soon start paying for childcare again, but as childcare becomes unaffordable for so many families who need it, women’s workforce participation that suffers.
As JobKeeper ends early for childcare centres, business owners raise concerns about ‘transition’ plan Coronavirus Matthew Elmas 9 June 2020 JobKeeper payments for childcare centres will end in less than a month, in the first major change to the federal government's wage subsidy scheme.
