{"id":6479,"date":"2020-05-11T19:39:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T19:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=6479"},"modified":"2020-05-11T19:39:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T19:39:28","slug":"childcare-review-minister-must-ensure-equity-and-make-childcare-free-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/05\/11\/childcare-review-minister-must-ensure-equity-and-make-childcare-free-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Childcare Review: Minister Must Ensure Equity And Make Childcare Free For Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said the Education Minister must rule out the reintroduction of childcare fees in his current review of the COVID-19 childcare package.<br \/>\n<strong>Senator Faruqi said:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cFree and universal childcare has been a huge step forward for access to childcare. It should be made permanent.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Minister should be looking at how to ensure ongoing access to free childcare, and options for expanded public operation of childcare.<br \/>\n\u201cThe government has finally recognised childcare and early learning for what it is: an essential service that we all rely on and everyone can access, not only those who can afford to pay.<br \/>\n\u201cChildcare cannot be seen as a way to turn a profit, but as a way to make our society more equitable.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are now at a really important turning point for early childhood education and care. Let\u2019s not waste it. Free childcare should be here to stay,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said the Education Minister must rule out the reintroduction of childcare fees in his current review of the COVID-19 childcare package. Senator Faruqi said: \u201cFree and universal childcare has been a huge step forward for access to childcare. It should be made permanent. \u201cThe Minister should be &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/05\/11\/childcare-review-minister-must-ensure-equity-and-make-childcare-free-for-good\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Childcare Review: Minister Must Ensure Equity And Make Childcare Free For Good&#8221;<\/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-6479","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\/6479","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=6479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}