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Oliver Peterson: Trust in Australia’s childcare system, it’s been shaken by recent allegations of abuse. Now, the coalition says that stronger national safeguards are needed to better protect children and to give parents confidence. Let’s find out what they’re proposing,...
Over the last five months I’ve had the immense privilege of meeting with parents, educators, providers and communities right across Australia, and these conversations have reinforced something very important to me. Before we can talk about child care, we need...
Anyone who spends any time engaging with the community, talking to real people—not just the people here, not just talking to the bureaucrats, not just talking to the economists, but actually talking to real mums and dads, people across Australia—knows...
Last week, this Labor government rammed through some of the worst tax changes that we have ever seen in this chamber. These are taxes that punish investment and discourage Australians from acquiring capital. These ridiculous tax changes are taxes on...
New ABS Consumer Price Index data shows childcare costs have risen 9.4 per cent over the past 12 months. That is more than double the rate of inflation and another blow to family budgets already stretched under Labor’s cost-of-living crisis....
Earlier this month, the Australian Institute of Family Studies released a report on the adverse childhood experiences of men and their long-term mental health impacts. It found that 33.6 per cent of Australian men experienced physical abuse as children, 37.9...