{"id":9164,"date":"2020-11-13T09:40:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T09:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9164"},"modified":"2020-11-13T09:40:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T09:40:27","slug":"research-shows-why-labors-child-care-plan-is-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/11\/13\/research-shows-why-labors-child-care-plan-is-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"RESEARCH SHOWS WHY LABOR\u2019S CHILD CARE PLAN IS NEEDED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research out today by the Chifley Research Centre provides further evidence of why Labor\u2019s cheaper child care plan is urgently needed for families, educators and the sector.<br \/>\nThe report states that early childhood education and care (ECEC) should be seen as a key part of Australia\u2019s social and economic infrastructure.<br \/>\nIt notes Australian families contribute 37 per cent of ECEC costs, compared to the OECD average of 18 per cent.<br \/>\nThe report states that improving affordability so more children are participating and workforce participation is boosted will generate economic and social benefits.<br \/>\nThe analysis finds there are significant gaps in the data and transparency, and makes recommendations to improve our understanding of the sector.<br \/>\nIn addition the report stresses the importance of quality in early learning, which has always been a central pillar of Labor\u2019s approach to ECEC.<br \/>\nThis report highlights the importance of Labor\u2019s plan to task the ACCC to bring more transparency to the sector and examine the relationship between funding, fees, profits, and educators\u2019 salaries.<br \/>\nLabor\u2019s child care plan will also provide immediate relief to families through our\u00a0<em>Cheap Child Care for Working Families,\u00a0<\/em>which will leave 97 per cent of families using childcare better off.<br \/>\nLabor will also task the Productivity Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of the sector, with the aim to implement a universal 90 per cent subsidy for all families.<br \/>\nThere are a chorus of calls from experts across the country to invest in our early education and care system.<br \/>\nLabor, families, business leaders, economists and the sector know affordable, high quality child care is vital to ensure children receive an early education, parents can work when they want, and educators are employed.<br \/>\nThe Morrison Government are the only ones who don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research out today by the Chifley Research Centre provides further evidence of why Labor\u2019s cheaper child care plan is urgently needed for families, educators and the sector. The report states that early childhood education and care (ECEC) should be seen as a key part of Australia\u2019s social and economic infrastructure. It notes Australian families contribute &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/11\/13\/research-shows-why-labors-child-care-plan-is-needed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;RESEARCH SHOWS WHY LABOR\u2019S CHILD CARE PLAN IS NEEDED&#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-9164","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\/9164","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=9164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}