Child care: dropping the drop-offThe loss of 200-plus promised child care centres is the latest example of both a broken election promise and government misuse of data to justify bad policy making, writes Eva Cox.
Child care centres
Mem Fox: standing up for the babies
Parents have an absolute right to put their babies into care but shouldn’t they be allowed to make — at the very least — a well-informed decision?, asks Mem Fox.
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Who pockets the child care rebate?
Labor have announced that they will increase the child care rebate to 50 percent from its existing 30 percent. But will parents ultimately pocket the rebate? wonders Joshua Gans.
Elementary as ABC – Labor and child care
There are some aspects of the private enterprise system about which ordinary voters are skeptical and child care, along with health and education, is among them.
