EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION – AUSTRALIA

25pc childcare pay rise could be unsustainable

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Original article by David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 7-Jun-23

Unions and early childhood education providers have applied to the Fair Work Commission for authorisation to negotiate pay deals via the federal government’s new multi-employer ‘supported bargaining’ stream. The proposed pay rise of 25 per cent would apply to 65 employers in the sector and about 12,000 early childhood educators. However, Australian Industry Group CEO Innes Willox says a big concern is that other employers will ultimately be "roped into" the pay deal, despite not being involved in the negotiations.

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AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP

Childcare pay rise a carrot for union

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Original article by Rick Morton
The Australian – Page: 4 : 7-May-19

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen has defended Labor’s proposal to provide early childhood educators with a taxpayer-funded pay rise, saying the policy has been costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office. Treasury Josh Frydenberg in turn has argued that the policy has been costed on giving a pay rise to 100,000 child care workers, whereas the sector employs 195,000 people. He has claimed that the policy is merely aimed at increasing union membership.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY

Labor launches $1.8b plan to school kindies

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 4-Oct-18

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will announce details of Labor’s early education policy on 4 October. Amongst other things, Labor will provide three-year-olds with 15 hours of subsidised pre-school education each week, or 600 hours a year. The subsidy currently only applies to four-year-olds, and was introduced by Labor when it was previously in office. The expanded scheme is estimated to cost $1.75bn over four years. Meanwhile, Shorten has criticised the federal government for failing to guarantee funding for the scheme beyond 2019.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Let the states control schools and childcare

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Original article by Laura Tingle
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 9-Jul-15

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has called for sweeping changes to federal-state relations at the upcoming leaders’ retreat. He says full responsibility for primary and secondary school education – as well as childcare, which is federally funded – should be transferred to state and territory governments. Weatherill also argues that vocational and tertiary education should be solely the responsibility of the federal government.

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET