On the July 22, 2014, the Commonwealth government Productivity Commission released its draft report on childcare and early childhood learning (CECL), predominantly exploring funding options for early childhood education and care (ECEC). Government expenditure on ECEC has skyrocketed in the past five years and now represents an annual cost to taxpayers of approximately $7 billion per year by subsidising approximately two-thirds of the cost to families that use ECEC. The terms of r…
