Australia Should Establish Universal and Free Childcare

11 June 2020 by Glenn Barnes

Inclusion

Australia should support all families with free childcare. This would help with the liberal democratic principle of equal opportunity as it would:

1. Give all children the benefit of early development of basic learning and social skills, so critical to their future development and life opportunities;

2. Give parents the opportunity to study, train, work and build some financial independence, without their children missing out on support in their development or the heavy cost impost of privately funded childcare (the cost of private childcare is particularly burdensome or unaffordable for those on low incomes).

What do you think?

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Comments

IdeaSpies @ 2020.06.11 9:39 AM
Good point- in Denmark it's compulsory for some! https://ideaspies.com/posts/mandatory-childcare-in-disadvantaged-areas

IdeaSpies @ 2021.02.17 2:10 AM

High level people are supporting this idea

https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/nicola-forrest-make-kids-part-of-economic-reform-20210215-p572lo?

Glenn Barnes @ 2021.02.17 2:52 AM
Yes, the Minderoo Foundation is making a big push on 'Thrive By Five'. Nicola Forrest and Jay Weatherill (CEO and past-Premier of SA) are leading the initiative.

Related Posts

Inclusion

Coaching Disabled Footballers Course Kicks-Off Online

England Football Learning has launched a new free online module to help existing grassroots clubs become more confident and inclusive towards coaching disabled footballers.The ‘Introduction to Coaching Disabled Footballers’ module is part of The FA’s landmark disability football plan, Football Your Way, to help develop, improve, and raise awareness of disability and disability football.https://www.livingwithdisability.org/post/coaching-disabled-footballers-course-kicks-off-online

12 February 2024 by Marcus Gordon 0 Comments

Inclusion

Technology Gives a Voice to Those with Speech Disabilities

Based on machine learning and speech recognition algorithms, the AI-powered Voiceitt platform is designed to recognize and translate speech by people with an underlying medical condition, disability or age-related condition that means their speech is hard to understand. The Voiceitt platform is web-based, which means that it can be accessed from any internet-connected device without having to download a program or app. It works either as voice to text or voice to synthesized speech, with the latter allowing the user to speak in person in real time, as part of a face-to-face conversation, or in a virtual, online meeting. https://nocamels.com/2024/01/ai-technology-gives-a-voice-to-those-with-speech-disabilities/

8 February 2024 by Jeremy Ungar 0 Comments

Inclusion

Self rostering increases volunteers ability to help out.

Self rostering has led to a quadrupling of volunteers at Bermagui Surf Life Saving Club. Could this work elsewhere?https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-03/bermagui-surf-life-saving-club-increases-volunteers/103399690?

3 February 2024 by Jonathan Chri... 0 Comments

Why support us financially?

"Great ideas, research and innovation can come from anyone – so often the best ideas do not have a voice. IdeaSpies provides a platform for people to share ideas that create a better world"

Sharing Ideas that Do Good