Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says the federal government is working towards a goal of universal early child education, a day after announcing a $3.6 billion wage increase for workers.
Pay rise for workers a step towards universal early childhood education , as Katy Gallagher says 'more work to be done'
Senator Gallagher on Friday suggested the payment was a stop-gap measure to improve staff retention while the Fair Work Commission progressed through its award review and work continued toward making affordable childcare part of the broader schooling system.A multi-billion-dollar bid to bolster one of the lowest-paid sectors in the country is being rolled out by the federal government. Here's what's changing.
"Higher wages does mean more spending from more people, so that does mean at the margin the Reserve Bank will be thinking, 'well, that's a bit more demand from consumers,' even though they're only a small subset of consumers," she said on Insiders On Background podcast. "We are giving these workers a decent wage so that the sector continues to be able to exist," he said.
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