The federal government is daring its opponents to vote down a bill guaranteeing three days a week of subsidised child care for all families, bringing forward a promise Labor was expected to take to the federal election.
Anthony Albanese was expected to take promised childcare reforms to the next federal election.Laws to guarantee three days a week of child care for all families could be made law this fortnight.
Instead it is moving to legislate the changes in what could be the final two sitting weeks before the election, in an effort to force the Coalition to show its hand on a likely election issue.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made an election pitch for a $1 billion fund to construct more childcare centres, including some co-located inside schools, and the end to the "activity test" that restricts child care subsidies.
A number of studies on child care, including a recent Productivity Commission report on the issue, have argued the activity test limits access to early learning for the children that would benefit most, while providing very little boost to workforce participation. Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said she was optimistic the bill could move through within the fortnight.Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says she is optimistic the bill can move through within the fortnight."And that says — and this is the PM's big push to universal child care — if you are a child under school age in Australia, you are entitled to subsidised care three days a week.
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