Greens leader Adam Bandt wants taxpayers to foot the bill for a multi-billion dollar Swedish style universal childcare system in order to make childcare entirely 'free'.
Greens leader Adam Bandt is calling for Australia to introduce a Swedish style “free” universal childcare system which would lump the cost entirely on taxpayers. The Swedish childcare model costs 1.6 per cent of the country’s GDP – or $11.8 billion a year – but families still pay less than $200 a month on childcare.
However, Mr Bandt went a step further by calling for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to make childcare entirely “free” during a question in federal parliament. “To many parents childcare is expensive the waiting lists are long and places aren’t available where they need them,” Mr Bandt said. “Prime Minister will you use the upcoming budget to make child care universal and free?” Education Minister Dan Tehan said in response that those who “earn the least” get affordable care.
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