Childcare fees would be capped and it would be free for some families under the proposal, which would also come with parental leave changes.
Childcare fees would be slashed to $10 a day under a plan to make it a "universal right". Parents would be able to access three days at week capped at that price under the proposal. It would create a 52-week paid parental leave scheme, the allowance of which could be shared between partners. Low-income families would get three days of childcare for free, and all parents would get at least 10 child and maternal health checks at no cost.
The federal government last year lifted the maximum childcare subsidy to 90 per cent . The move reduced costs, according to a year-long review by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, but many childcare providers hiked fees, leading to affordability benefits being eroded . Childcare fees in Australia increased by almost 23 per cent between 2018 to 2022, compared to an average of 6.2 per cent in other developed nations. "This is transformative policy," Daniel said.
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