Canada is rolling out childcare for $10 a day. Could it work in Australia?

The Dive | Business News

In July, the Australian government put a huge stimulus into the childcare system - increasing Child Care Subsidy payments for many families. In Australia, over one million households used childcare last year. That’s 1.275 million children - and there are two broad reviews currently underway. Still, even with significant funding - childcare is still really expensive for most families.

So when we heard our Canadian neighbours are looking at us and saying - nice try, but you’ve got it all wrong, we wanted to know why. We invited Professor Gordon Cleveland to talk to us today and tell us why their model works.

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