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Extra $3.5b needed to make childcare work for business

Matthew Cranston

Corporate Australia wants an extra $3.5 billion spent on childcare to help ease the cost burden on families, boost female workforce participation and deliver $5 billion in economic gains.

The Morrison government has revealed it is considering spending billions of dollars more on childcare subsidies in the May budget above the $9 billion it already spends every year.

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Matthew Cranston was The Australian Financial Review’s United States correspondent.

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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/extra-3-5b-needed-to-make-childcare-work-for-business-20210425-p57m76