By Veronika Winkels

By Stephanie Bastiaan

One of our supporters recently reached out to share her views about our perspective on the government’s new childcare subsidy and whether it goes far enough in providing support to women and parents when it comes to work and family life. We have obtained her permission to publish her thoughts in full:

Parents of small children are all too familiar with the competing demands of family, child care and work. Each family finds its own way to negotiate the demands of career planning, the care of children, work commitments and work hours.