Submission to the inquiry into the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2015 (Cth)
Whilst participation in the workforce is a matter of economic importance it is also important to note that future prosperity and sustaining the well being of children and families is also dependent upon high quality early childhood education for all children.
To achieve this, long term investment in early childhood education is required both to facilitate positive outcomes for children and families and to ensure Australia is in step with our fellow OECD nations who consider citizen education and well-being and socially just societies to be key to economic sustainability and to civil society.