The consumer watchdog is halfway through an inquiry into childcare prices. It found location and availability are the two most important factors informing where parents chose to send their kids.
- Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
Grattan Institute estimates point to deficits without end, growing with the need for greater spending on health, defence and natural disasters. We’ve presented the treasurer with 13 costed options.
Using taxpayer-funded advertising for political advantage is rife, but there are ways it can be curbed.
Like Australia, the Australian economy is getting older and slower. Revitalisation should start at school.
Ministerial discretion should be tightly controlled whenever millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent.
The federal government needs a transparent, merit-based process for all public appointments
The independent review of the Reserve Bank should be headed by someone from outside the country say 12 leading economists in an open letter to the treasurer.
To get to stage C of the plan out of COVID, 80% of adults over 16 need to be vaccinated. But that equates to just under 65% of all Australians – too low to safely open international borders.
It’s not enough to deliver what the treasurer calls “sobering news”, there are things we can do.
Victoria has had the guts to raise new taxes, support the economy and shrink the deficit.
There’s much more new spending on aged care than there is on infrastructure. That’s a change.
The Coalition’s increase in child-care subsidies is a step in the right direction, though much more needs to be done.
Other parents have got back the hours they lost. Not single parents. Many were forced to leave jobs to care for children.
A good political donation disclosure system would close the loopholes that allow major donors to hide, while protecting the privacy of small donors.
Women in particular seem to have been relegated in the 2020 budget to an afterthought.
Borrowing to reduce unemployment and increase growth will pay for itself.
Our states have much more capacity than they are using.
Modest changes to Australia’s paid parental provision can help address the gender gap in unpaid and paid work between mothers and fathers.
Victoria’s closure of child-care services may be necessary, but it will put pressures on parents and likely drive down women’s workforce participation.
The economy will be in the doldrums for quite some time, but the budget can cope.
We’ve an opportunity to get JobKeeper right. A start would be to pay on time, to include more workers, and to pay part-timers less.
Every one of Australia’s coronavirus support payments is due to end by the end of October. It’ll leave a gaping hole.
There is a strong economic case for a higher child-care subsidy to help rebuild the Australian economy after the coronavirus crisis.
Deferring rent won’t be enough to help businesses in empty shopping centres survive. They know they’ll have to pay it on the other side.
Closing schools and childcare might take 30% of Australia’s health care workers offline. Here’s a way to keep them working.
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