Do We Care About Childcare?

Event and Ticketing Details

Dates & Times

Tuesday 03 April
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM

Location

The Wheeler Centre

176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000

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In light of Tony Abbot’s newly proposed policy aspiration to extend the childcare rebate to nannies, host Sally Warhaft discusses childcare and family/work life in Australia with Catherine Deveny and Bernard Salt. How do we compare to the rest of the world? Has the new parental leave scheme had an impact? With women as highly skilled and educated as ever, are we doing enough to lure them back to the workforce after children? Do we need to do more? Or is there enough so-called middle class welfare touted on the political landscape?

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