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Childcare in Australia is expensive and finding a spot can be really hard.
Even if you never need it, getting it wrong matters for women’s rights and the economy.
Today, we look at how we got it so wrong, the money being made and the ideas to try and fix it.
We speak with a mother who’s struggled to get enough care for her children and hear how it’s set back her plans to return to work as a teacher.
Alexandra Dockrill shares the financial and professional setbacks she faces due to the childcare crisis.
A childcare expert explains why recent recommendations to the government fall short of the overhaul that the system needs.
Professor Elizabeth Hill discusses the impact of privatisation on the sector and the challenges of implementing universal childcare.
Featured:
Alexandra Dockrill, NSW mother of two
Elizabeth Hill, professor in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney
Key Topics:
By ABC Australia4.2
5858 ratings
Childcare in Australia is expensive and finding a spot can be really hard.
Even if you never need it, getting it wrong matters for women’s rights and the economy.
Today, we look at how we got it so wrong, the money being made and the ideas to try and fix it.
We speak with a mother who’s struggled to get enough care for her children and hear how it’s set back her plans to return to work as a teacher.
Alexandra Dockrill shares the financial and professional setbacks she faces due to the childcare crisis.
A childcare expert explains why recent recommendations to the government fall short of the overhaul that the system needs.
Professor Elizabeth Hill discusses the impact of privatisation on the sector and the challenges of implementing universal childcare.
Featured:
Alexandra Dockrill, NSW mother of two
Elizabeth Hill, professor in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney
Key Topics:

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