Here’s how the government’s new childcare plan will change the way families are given assistance with paying for child care.
- Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Labor’s shadow minister for early education, Kate Ellis, said there has been a massive increase in child care costs under the Coalition government. Is that an accurate reflection of the data?
Making the case for subsidising childcare is not as simple as it might seem, and the government’s new childcare package may not pay for itself.
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