The federal Treasurer tells us that聽cost-of-living pressures are only going to get worse before they get better. Angela Carr聽argues that Labor must abandon聽its neoliberal approach.
Childcare
Thousands of childcare workers walked out across the country as part of their campaign for better pay and conditions. Jim McIlroy reports.
Early childcare workers聽are going聽on strike for聽better pay and聽urgent action on staff shortages, reports Jacob Andrewartha.
Given the long-running United States' blockade on Venezuela, activists聽are raising money for a childcare centre there. Chris Slee听谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.
The corporate media is giving the federal government鈥檚 latest budget a big thumbs up, despite its brazen hand-outs for billionaires and big corporations, writes Alex Bainbridge.
After eliminating almost all its聽generous pandemic聽spending measures, the federal government has indicated it will soft-peddle on further cuts in the May 11 budget. Neville Spencer reports.
Calls are growing for early childhood education to move away from the for-profit model, writes Jim McIlroy.
An estimated 7000 childcare workers took industrial action by walking off the job around Australia on September 5 to demand equal pay.
The childcare workers鈥 strike on International Women鈥檚 Day caused me to reflect on the long journey towards equal pay and my personal experience over 50 years of my working life.
My first job as a student was as a conductor on Sydney buses from 1964 to 1966. Bus conductors and teachers were the only jobs that paid women the same rates as men, because there were 鈥渕anpower鈥 shortages in these industries. However, it was not until late 1966 that women conductors could be promoted to drivers.
On September 8 about 100 childcare workers stopped work across Melbourne to call for equal pay and recognition for their work.
A number of childcare centres, including Dawson St Child Care Co-operative, Monash Community Family Co-operative, Monash Children鈥檚 Centre, Monash Caulfied Childcare Centre and East Brunswick Kindergarten and Childcare Centre, closed at 3pm, affecting about 500 children.