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  1. One quarter of Australian kids are ‘developmentally vulnerable’ when they start school. Quality childcare can catch them up

    "We know the first five years are a crucial time in a child’s life. Early experiences, such as family relationships or exposure to trauma, shape brain architecture, which lays the foundation for children’s learning, behaviour and health."

    "Worryingly, a significant proportion of young Australians are not getting the positive early experiences they need. As of 2024, almost 25% of Australian children were identified as “developmentally vulnerable” by the time they start school. This means many children lack the self-regulation, thinking, language, resilience, and social skills needed for learning and getting along with their peers."

    "Our research provides evidence that intervening early – well before children start school – has the potential to make a significant difference to children’s life trajectories." >
    theconversation.com/one-quarte
    #inequality #family #children #interaction #Relationships #BrainArchitecture #ScreenWarehousing #MentalHealth #trauma #education #ChildCare

  2. Some have also raised concerns about whether it could increase the risk of fraud, since the money would be going to individuals rather than businesses. The admin has sought to crack down on #fraud in #SocialServices programs, particularly #childcare.

    The idea of paying #parents to stay home was outlined in #Project2025, the #conservative blueprint published by the #HeritageFoundation ahead of #Trump’s return to office, much of which overlaps with the admin’s #policy agenda.

    #law #FarRight

  3. Some have also raised concerns about whether it could increase the risk of fraud, since the money would be going to individuals rather than businesses. The admin has sought to crack down on #fraud in #SocialServices programs, particularly #childcare.

    The idea of paying #parents to stay home was outlined in #Project2025, the #conservative blueprint published by the #HeritageFoundation ahead of #Trump’s return to office, much of which overlaps with the admin’s #policy agenda.

    #law #FarRight

  4. Some have also raised concerns about whether it could increase the risk of fraud, since the money would be going to individuals rather than businesses. The admin has sought to crack down on #fraud in #SocialServices programs, particularly #childcare.

    The idea of paying #parents to stay home was outlined in #Project2025, the #conservative blueprint published by the #HeritageFoundation ahead of #Trump’s return to office, much of which overlaps with the admin’s #policy agenda.

    #law #FarRight

  5. Some have also raised concerns about whether it could increase the risk of fraud, since the money would be going to individuals rather than businesses. The admin has sought to crack down on #fraud in #SocialServices programs, particularly #childcare.

    The idea of paying #parents to stay home was outlined in #Project2025, the #conservative blueprint published by the #HeritageFoundation ahead of #Trump’s return to office, much of which overlaps with the admin’s #policy agenda.

    #law #FarRight

  6. Some have also raised concerns about whether it could increase the risk of fraud, since the money would be going to individuals rather than businesses. The admin has sought to crack down on #fraud in #SocialServices programs, particularly #childcare.

    The idea of paying #parents to stay home was outlined in #Project2025, the #conservative blueprint published by the #HeritageFoundation ahead of #Trump’s return to office, much of which overlaps with the admin’s #policy agenda.

    #law #FarRight

  7. About 80% of the 870,000 #families who currently get the #childcare #subsidies have #single #WorkingParents, most of them #SingleMothers, acc/to Health Department data.

    The policy change would effectively create a government incentive for #married #parents to stay home with their #children, an idea embraced as part of a broader #conservative effort to advance policies that promote more mothers staying at home.

    #Trump #law #FarRight #MaleSupremacy #TradWives #heterosexism #sexism #misogyny

  8. About 80% of the 870,000 #families who currently get the #childcare #subsidies have #single #WorkingParents, most of them #SingleMothers, acc/to Health Department data.

    The policy change would effectively create a government incentive for #married #parents to stay home with their #children, an idea embraced as part of a broader #conservative effort to advance policies that promote more mothers staying at home.

    #Trump #law #FarRight #MaleSupremacy #TradWives #heterosexism #sexism #misogyny

  9. About 80% of the 870,000 #families who currently get the #childcare #subsidies have #single #WorkingParents, most of them #SingleMothers, acc/to Health Department data.

    The policy change would effectively create a government incentive for #married #parents to stay home with their #children, an idea embraced as part of a broader #conservative effort to advance policies that promote more mothers staying at home.

    #Trump #law #FarRight #MaleSupremacy #TradWives #heterosexism #sexism #misogyny

  10. About 80% of the 870,000 #families who currently get the #childcare #subsidies have #single #WorkingParents, most of them #SingleMothers, acc/to Health Department data.

    The policy change would effectively create a government incentive for #married #parents to stay home with their #children, an idea embraced as part of a broader #conservative effort to advance policies that promote more mothers staying at home.

    #Trump #law #FarRight #MaleSupremacy #TradWives #heterosexism #sexism #misogyny

  11. About 80% of the 870,000 #families who currently get the #childcare #subsidies have #single #WorkingParents, most of them #SingleMothers, acc/to Health Department data.

    The policy change would effectively create a government incentive for #married #parents to stay home with their #children, an idea embraced as part of a broader #conservative effort to advance policies that promote more mothers staying at home.

    #Trump #law #FarRight #MaleSupremacy #TradWives #heterosexism #sexism #misogyny

  12. Under the draft new rule, #parents who stay home with their #children could benefit from the program, which typically provides about $9,000 per child each year, potentially reshaping which #families get #federal #childcare money.

    The move could end up redirecting money away from #WorkingParents & their child care providers, causing some to raise their rates or even close, critics said, potentially worsening what many experts say is a child care crisis in the country.

    #Trump #law #FarRight

  13. The change would create the only federal subsidy to pay #parents to stay home & raise their children, one of the most significant efforts to date by the #Trump admin to harness federal funds to promote a #traditional view of #families.

    To do so, officials are seeking to use a #HHS fund that was created in the 1990s to help #LowIncome & #WorkingClass parents afford #childcare so they could work or go to school.

    #law #FarRight #conservative #MaleSupremacy #TradWives #sexism #misogyny #plutocracy

  14. How does Mr Trump feel about helping Americans?

    President Donald Trump made these remarks during an Easter luncheon at the White House on April 1, 2026. The event was closed to the press, but a video stream of the speech was briefly broadcast live on the White House social media accounts before being taken down. During the remarks, Trump stated: "Don't send any money for daycare, because the United States can't take care of daycare. That has to be up to a state. We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We have 50 states. We […]

    quinnscommentary.net/2026/09/0

  15. Embattled childcare chain shuts another Canberra centre
    By Madeleine Rojahn and Jade Toomey

    Edge Early Learning has announced it will permanently close its Charnwood centre, telling parents it would struggle to reopen after a three-month suspension imposed by the ACT's childcare regulator.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/edg

    #ChildCare #MadeleineRojahn #JadeToomey

  16. Victorian town left without childcare service for two years calls for help
    By Nethma Dandeniya and Rebekah Lowe

    A Victorian council is calling on the state government to immediately act to solve an early years facility crisis that has left local families without child care for two years.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/cou

    #ChildCare #LocalGovernment #Children #StateandTerritoryGovernment #NethmaDandeniya #RebekahLowe

  17. Rescue package to help vulnerable families care for children at home
    By Conor Duffy and Rhiannon Hobbins

    The in-home childcare sector says the relief package is "monumental" but warns longer term problems still need to be addressed.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/gov

    #ChildCare #EarlyChildhoodEducationandCareServices #FederalGovernment #ConorDuffy #RhiannonHobbins

  18. Preschoolers found at shopping centre after childcare escape
    By Ursula Malone

    The NSW Early Learning Commission issued the centre with a compliance notice after the children were found at a nearby shopping centre.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/syd

    #ChildCare #Children #UrsulaMalone

  19. If you want help from the village, sometimes it means playing by their rules
    By Lucy Sweeney and Grace Pashley

    More than half of Australian parents say they rely on grandparents for some form of child care, and as author Jessie Stephens can attest, sometimes that requires relaxing your parenting boundaries and meeting in the middle.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/mil

    #Parenting #ChildCare #AgingPopulation #LucySweeney #GracePashley

  20. Parents given 12 hours' notice of Melbourne daycare closure

    Liquidators for the centre in Melbourne's north-west apologised for "stress and inconvenience" caused by the closure.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/avo

    #Children #ChildCare #EarlyChildhoodEducationandCareServices

  21. Edge Early Learning enters voluntary administration

    Embattled childcare provider Edge Early Learning has entered voluntary administration, citing a need to "assess its financial position".

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/edg

    #ChildCare #Education

  22. Two Children Killed as Drone Hits Krasnodar Childcare

    Drone debris struck a private children's centre in Krasnodar, killing two and injuring nine including seven children, the regional governor says

    pulseofnations.lol/two-childre

    #Casualties #Childcare #DroneAttack #DroneStrikes #Krasnodar #Russia #Ukraine

  23. Sydney childcare centre on brink of closure offered 12-months rent free
    By Alexander Lewis and Miriah Davis

    More than 60 families rallied in Sydney's eastern suburbs to keep the doors of a local childcare centre open.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/nsw

    #ChildCare #AlexanderLewis #MiriahDavis

  24. Victorian regulator shuts down 65 day care centres, suspends educators
    By Charmaine Manuel

    Ignite Minds is ordered to close scores of centres and four educators are suspended following an inspection blitz in Victoria.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/day

    #ChildCare #EarlyChildhoodEducationandCareServices #Safety #CharmaineManuel

  25. Roblox to face external audits to prove it's safe for Australian children

    Australia's eSafety Commissioner will be able to take the gaming platform to court if it finds Roblox is not honouring its commitments to keep Australian children safe.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/rob

    #ConsumerProtection #ChildCare #Children #InformationandCommunication #InternetCulture #LawCrimeandJustice

  26. $36,000 a year for childcare. The US is obscene*.

    *offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency.
    #childcare

  27. Curbing well-off taxpayers' access to key programs could save billions
    By Jacob Greber

    Curbing access to the child care subsidy, parental leave pay, aged care and pensions for some of the most well-off taxpayers would free up about $21 billion a year, a new report says.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-11/mea

    #Tax #Budget #FederalParliament #Economy #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #ChildCare #AgedCare #JacobGreber

  28. Curbing well-off taxpayers' access to key programs could save billions
    By Jacob Greber

    Curbing access to the child care subsidy, parental leave pay, aged care and pensions for some of the most well-off taxpayers would free up about $21 billion a year, a new report says.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-11/mea

    #Tax #Budget #FederalParliament #Economy #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #ChildCare #AgedCare #JacobGreber

  29. Curbing well-off taxpayers' access to key programs could save billions
    By Jacob Greber

    Curbing access to the child care subsidy, parental leave pay, aged care and pensions for some of the most well-off taxpayers would free up about $21 billion a year, a new report says.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-11/mea

    #Tax #Budget #FederalParliament #Economy #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #ChildCare #AgedCare #JacobGreber

  30. Curbing well-off taxpayers' access to key programs could save billions
    By Jacob Greber

    Curbing access to the child care subsidy, parental leave pay, aged care and pensions for some of the most well-off taxpayers would free up about $21 billion a year, a new report says.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-11/mea

    #Tax #Budget #FederalParliament #Economy #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #ChildCare #AgedCare #JacobGreber

  31. Curbing well-off taxpayers' access to key programs could save billions
    By Jacob Greber

    Curbing access to the child care subsidy, parental leave pay, aged care and pensions for some of the most well-off taxpayers would free up about $21 billion a year, a new report says.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-11/mea

    #Tax #Budget #FederalParliament #Economy #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #ChildCare #AgedCare #JacobGreber

  32. #Trump’s Top #Child Care Official Wants a ‘Bonfire of Regulations’
    As Americans face soaring #childcare cost, Alex Adams wants to loosen rules and tighten spending. Critics say it will harm #children and close #daycares
    He said Federal childcare regulations should “fit on an index card in my back pocket." Among his targets: sweeping overhaul in a generation for #HeadStart, which provides child care and #preschool to thousands of poorest children.
    nytimes.com/2026/04/28/us/poli
    archive.ph/DhlZX

  33. #DemocraticSocialists surge in mayoral races across the US as anti-Trump fervor rises

    By MATT BROWN
    Updated 12:05 AM EDT, June 19, 2026

    WASHINGTON (AP) — "As #JaneeseLewisGeorge paves a path to the mayor’s office in #WashingtonDC, she’s told voters they could have it all.

    "Her unapologetically expansive, left-wing agenda includes subsidized or even free #childcare, increased down payment assistance for homebuyers and community resources to reduce crime, plus a promise to aggressively confront President Donald Trump’s attempts to reshape the nation’s capital.

    " 'People are tired of hearing what government can’t do. They want to hear what government can do,' Lewis George said in an interview before the city’s primary, where she defeated her Democratic opponents and positioned herself to win the general election in November in a city dominated by Democrats.

    "Lewis George’s victory signals a break with a quarter-century of centrist governance in Washington, and it puts her in the vanguard of democratic socialists who have ascended in urban politics over the last year. #ZohranMamdani toppled Andrew Cuomo, the scion of a political dynasty, on his way to becoming New York City mayor. #KatieWilson won an upset victory to lead Seattle last fall. And this month, #NithyaRaman clinched a spot in the November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/democratic-

    #AntiTrump #USPol #TrumpSucks #DSA #DSANews