When policy is child's play
Bill Shorten's childcare subsidies are designed to please an industry rather than use economic incentives to get women into work.
In an election that each week brings depressing news of political candidates withdrawing for racism, misogyny and general idiocy, it was heartening to see Bill Shorten's plan to give society's poorest women the practical means to leave their homes and work.
Unfortunately, Labor's plan to introduce wage subsidises and possibly regulate the commercial care of young children is so risky that even experts who have loudly argued for more childcare support are concerned.
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