Forget flowers and chocolates for Mother's Day: keep free childcare going instead
- Written by Leah Ruppanner, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, University of Melbourne
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One of the surprise silver linings of the COVID-19 crisis is that childcare became free for all Australian families.
Australia has traditionally been viewed as a liberal welfare state where government policies are reserved for those in the greatest need and a “pick yourselves up by the bootstraps” mentality reigns.
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