Advocates hope other states will follow suit with reforms to help lift workforce participation
NSW premier Dominic Perrottet says the childcare funding boost is a ‘once-in-a-generation reform’ that will create 47,000 additional places.NSW premier Dominic Perrottet says the childcare funding boost is a ‘once-in-a-generation reform’ that will create 47,000 additional places.
“I hope it is a prompt and steward for work to be done nationally to ensure that we can once and for all deal with empowering women and families and children to be full participants in an economy, which to date has held back women,” Mostyn said.The Western Sydney Women founder, Amanda Rose, said the move to address the lack of childcare across western suburbs was critical because failing to do so was holding women back.
“If they want to propose ways that they’re going to significantly decrease the cost of delivering care then they can compete for this money.”Sign up to receive the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning “My concern is that a private childcare entity, will they be interested in providing childcare centres in places in western Sydney if the amount’s capped and they can’t make a profit like they want to?” she said.
“Children learn through experience,” she said. “They are learning the skills of being with other kids. The best thing parents can do is send their kids to childcare.”
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