Women who rely on access to early childhood services to go to work and the highly feminised childcare workforce stand to lose the most from the government's decision to reintroduce fees and end JobKeeper wage subsidies for the sector
Women who rely on access to early childhood services to go to work and the highly feminised childcare workforce stand to lose the most from the government's decision to reintroduce fees and end JobKeeper wage subsidies for the sector.
While the shift back to the old funding system, which combines government subsidies and gap fees from families, will be embraced by, the government is also facing concerns about the disproportionate impact the changes could have on women. "This decision will force many households to choose between trying to pay for early childhood education and exacerbating financial stress, or getting who we know will mainly be women to drop out or stay out of the workforce to care for children at home," Ms O'Neil.
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