Many Australian families rely on formal and informal childcare to enable them to take on employment. Government policies have included …
Childcare fees and out-of-pocket costs in Australia have been growing above inflation in recent years, at the same time that …
Early childhood interventions are programs that aim to improve a child’s development trajectory over the longer term. In the context …
Speech given by CIS Policy Analyst Trisha Jha to the NSW Liberal Party’s Rural and Regional Lunch on Saturday March 5, …
Australia has a relatively large degree of choice between schools, a product of historical private and non-profit sector involvement in …
The National Quality Agenda (NQA) endorsed by all states and territories in 2009 regulates childcare systems across Australia. It mandates …
In 2013–14, $32 billion was spent on family payments, amounting to 7.7% of total federal expenditure in that year, and …
Australia spends just under $1.4 billion (2012–13) on statutory Paid Parental Leave (PPL) to provide more than 130,000 parents with …
Government expenditure on schools has more than doubled in real terms in the last 25 years, while student numbers have …
School funding is plagued by inconsistencies and divisiveness. Its complexity has led to widespread misinformation and perceptions of inequity. Existing …