In a pre-election pitch, Anthony Albanese has promised to scrap the activity test for subsidised childcare, replacing it with a 'three-day guarantee'.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised a guaranteed three days of subsidised childcare per week, with $1 billion going towards expanding quality and access, as part of Labor's pre-election pitch to voters. If Labor is re-elected, families earning less than $530,000 will qualify for the scheme, which will replace the current activity test model for accessing childcare subsidies.
Advocacy group The Parenthood said helping kids in their early years was critical, with one in five children starting school "developmentally vulnerable". This increased to two in five among Indigenous kids, chief executive Georgie Dent said. "When children arrive at school behind, it is incredibly difficult for them to catch up to their peers over the course of their life," Dent told Sky News.
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