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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Lisa Bryant

There is a simple path to affordable childcare in Australia. Does Labor have the courage to take it?

‘There is no point in governments repeatedly announcing they will increase the subsidies for families. Cheaper childcare for families always comes at a cost to us as a country,’ writes Lisa Bryant.
‘There is no point in governments repeatedly announcing they will increase the subsidies for families. Cheaper childcare for families always comes at a cost to us as a country,’ writes Lisa Bryant. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Cheaper childcare? Who wouldn’t want that? After fee increases of over 40% in the last eight years it is clearly very much needed. Nods of approval all around as the Albanese government ushers in a new bill promising cheaper childcare this week.

Aren’t we lucky to now have a government that understands the importance of accessible, low-cost quality education and care? That made it a priority both in their election campaign and in their legislative program? Prioritising the education and care of our youngest citizens is so very, very right.

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