{"id":12482,"date":"2021-08-13T03:36:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T03:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=12482"},"modified":"2021-08-13T03:36:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T03:36:43","slug":"greater-child-care-support-for-australian-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/08\/13\/greater-child-care-support-for-australian-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater child care support for Australian families"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Morrison Government has today passed legislation that will provide more affordable child care for around 250,000 Australian families, and allow more parents to return to work or pick up more hours.
\nThe\u00a0Family Assistance Legislation Amendment<\/em>\u00a0(Child Care Subsidy)\u00a0Bill 2021\u00a0<\/em>will increase the child care subsidy to a maximum of 95 per cent for families with more than one child aged under six in child care.
\nThe $10,655 cap on the Child Care Subsidy has also been removed, benefitting around 18,000 families.
\nThe measures will mean the equivalent of 40,000 people are able to work an extra day per week and will boost the economy by up to $1.5 billion per year.
\nA family on $110,000 with two children in child care four days a week will be $95 per week better off.
\nA single parent earning $80,000 with two kids in fulltime care would now pay just $5 per day for their second child.
\nMinister for Education and Youth Alan Tudge said the changes would see families with two children benefit by up to $185 a week.
\n\u201cThis legislation is good for families and good for the economy,\u201d Minister Tudge said.
\n\u201cIt is targeted, it is measured, and it is geared towards those families who really need it \u2013 those who are managing the increased costs of having two or more children in child care.
\n\u201cThe Morrison Government supports choice for Australian families, and that\u2019s why our policies are designed to be fair for those who use the child care system and taxpayers who don\u2019t.\u201d
\nMinister for Women\u2019s Economic Security Jane Hume said the package would provide further economic opportunities for Australian parents, particularly women.
\n\u201cWe are supporting working parents, especially women who represent the majority of primary carers, by reducing child care costs and giving them more flexibility if they chose to return to work or want to work more hours,\u201d Minister Hume said.
\n\u201cUnder this Government, women\u2019s workforce participation is at a near record high of 61.6 per cent and this policy will help more Australian women to increase their incomes and secure their economic futures.\u201d
\nThe measures build on the Morrison Government\u2019s $10 billion annual investment in child care, and the Child Care Package introduced in 2018 that is still keeping out-of-pocket costs low for Australian families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Morrison Government has today passed legislation that will provide more affordable child care for around 250,000 Australian families, and allow more parents to return to work or pick up more hours. The\u00a0Family Assistance Legislation Amendment\u00a0(Child Care Subsidy)\u00a0Bill 2021\u00a0will increase the child care subsidy to a maximum of 95 per cent for families with more … Continue reading “Greater child care support for Australian families”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}