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The child-care sector needs an overhaul, not more tinkering with subsidies and tax deductions

  • Written by Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Recent reports suggest several Liberal MPs are calling for child-care costs to be tax-deductible. They argue allowing families who can’t access subsidies to claim child-care costs as a tax deduction would boost women’s workforce participation and productivity.

They also say it would give greater choice to families whose...

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