Anthony Albanese went to the 2022 election promising childcare fee relief. On Wednesday, he will promise more assistance as part of a second-term plan.
Anthony Albanese will promise that parents will no longer have to work or study to get subsidised childcare as he makes a direct plea to middle-class families to deliver the government a second term.
Under the test, parents must work, volunteer, study or look for work a certain number of hours every fortnight to qualify for subsidised care. A Productivity Commission report into early childhood education and care, released this year, recommended that the activity test be removed.It found that it limited care for lower-income families and their children without a substantial boost to the number of people available to enter the workforce.
Separate research for the Thrive By Five organisation found at least 126,000 families, including many from Indigenous backgrounds, missed out on early childhood education because of the activity test. Albanese, who last month used an election campaign-like rally in Adelaide to promise 100,000 fee-free TAFE positions, will deliver the speech in the electorate of Chandler-Mather, who has had an antagonistic relationship with the prime minister since he took Griffith from Labor in 2022.Alex Ellinghausen
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