Executive Director of the think tank Australian Institute for Progress, Graham Young, says a new plan to indiscriminately give families a guaranteed three days of subsidised childcare each week appears to be little more than an attempt by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to win the next election.
Under the new plan, the current Activity Test would be eliminated, meaning families would not have to prove they were working, studying or in training to access financial support.
It would be sealed under a re-elected Labor government, according to a joint statement by the prime minister, Education Minister Jason Clare, and Early Childhood Education Minister Anne Aly….
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