Hmm? What is it?
Childcare
The Groves debacle takes ABC into Australian corporate history
ABC Learning’s failure may be remember as one of Australia’s most notorious corporate meltdowns, writes Adam Schwab.
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.
Ok, but how will Rudd’s childcare centres actually work?
There are practical concerns over how Rudd’s childcare centres would actually operate, and what their benefits would be, writes Bernard Keane.
$11.9 billion per annum: costing Rudd’s child care plan
Kevin Rudd’s plan for one-stop shop for childcare centres would undoubtedly have significant benefits but it’s still “uncosted” and no one appears to have made a stab at working out how much… until now. Bernard Keane crunches the numbers.
