{"id":29155,"date":"2024-09-18T18:21:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=29155"},"modified":"2024-09-18T18:21:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:21:39","slug":"greens-ask-when-will-labor-finally-deliver-on-universal-childcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/09\/18\/greens-ask-when-will-labor-finally-deliver-on-universal-childcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens ask when will Labor finally deliver on universal childcare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Australian Greens have called on the Government to take immediate action on reforming Australia\u2019s early childhood education and care system, following the release of the Productivity Commission\u2019s report A path to universal early childhood education and care<\/a> <\/em>today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian Greens Early Childhood Education and Care spokesperson Senator Steph Hodgins-May welcomed the Productivity Commission\u2019s support for a universal system that has been championed by the Greens for decades and said there\u2019s no excuse for any further delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greens Early Childhood Education and Care spokesperson, Senator Steph Hodgins-May:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Productivity Commission report lays a roadmap on how to fix Australia\u2019s broken early years education system and move towards universal childcare. Now the question is: When will Labor finally deliver? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith rents nearly doubling the rate of wages, food prices rising nearly 20 percent in the last four years – families need as much support as they can get right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Albanese Government has had the draft report in its hands since 28 June. Every day that Labor delays implementing these critical early childhood education reforms, kids miss out on early education and parents miss out on important paid work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Australian Greens welcome the report\u2019s calls for all children aged 0-5 years to have at least 30 hours of care per week, increased access for the most disadvantaged and remote communities, removal of the punitive childcare subsidy activity test, and greater inclusivity. These are essential steps towards universal, early years education, which the government could implement today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dBut let\u2019s be clear – early years education is a fundamental right and should be completely free, just like primary and secondary school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Greens have consistently called for free, universally accessible childcare for decades, and while we recognise and support this critical pathway towards universal care as an immediate first step, we must go further.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian Greens have called on the Government to take immediate action on reforming Australia\u2019s early childhood education and care system, following the release of the Productivity Commission\u2019s report A path to universal early childhood education and care today. Australian Greens Early Childhood Education and Care spokesperson Senator Steph Hodgins-May welcomed the Productivity Commission\u2019s support for a … Continue reading “Greens ask when will Labor finally deliver on universal childcare”<\/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-29155","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\/29155","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=29155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29156,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29155\/revisions\/29156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}