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Editor's note
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The typical Australian family has changed over the past few decades. In the 1980s, only one adult in most two-parent families worked. Now, both adults in around 65% of Australian two-parent families are employed full-time.
This means the number of children who need childcare has increased too. A new report from the Mitchell Institute shows participation in childcare has increased by around 80% since 2008.
But the report also found an Australian household on the average income will spend more on childcare than if they were to send their child to a private primary school. Our childcare costs are among the highest in the OECD, despite the service having become a basic necessity.
Jen Jackson from the Mitchell Institute writes that, with research showing a $2 return to the economy for every $1 invested in quality early childhood education, it’s time the government heeds the evidence and starts funding childcare as it does schools.
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Sasha Petrova
Section Editor: Education
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