Labor’s childcare boost proposal is a bad idea: here’s why
by Luke McCormack If we keep on down the path of massively subsidised daycare, as in Labor’s proposal to boost childcare by $6 billion, we will arrive at a point, similar to Sweden, when no parent can afford (unless they’re rich) to be the carer of their own preschool toddler. Yes, if you want to spend time with your 2-year-old in Sweden, you’d better volunteer to sweep the floors at your local daycare business! And it will cost the country billions. The childcare system is corporatising the most foundational phase of human life, and intergenerational transmission of culture, language and…
