High childcare fees, low pay for staff and a lack of places pose a huge policy challenge
- Written by Hannah Matthews, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
Cheaper childcare was Labor’s largest single election promise, at an estimated cost of A$5.4 billion a year. Anthony Albanese went so far as to outline universal childcare as one of his new government’s three main policies for economic reform.
While the cost of childcare for families is a major concern, many other issues confront the...





