This report aims to assist the federal government in its ongoing efforts to improve support for vulnerable people in Australia and enable wider economic and social participation. The Committee has provided 22 recommendations to inform the Commonwealth on how best to improve economic inclusion and...

This report contains the ACCC’s findings and recommendations related to the impact of the Cheaper Child Care reforms, prices, costs, profits, competition within childcare markets and subsidies and price regulation models. It also contains further analysis of family day care and in home care services...

This report sets out the Productivity Commission’s draft findings and recommendations to address the barriers that affect access to early childhood education and care services and support better outcomes for children and families.

This second interim report makes draft findings and recommendations regarding the costs of providing childcare services, the nature of competition in childcare markets, the profitability and viability of the sector, and the effectiveness of Australia’s existing price regulation mechanisms in aiding affordability of childcare.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of the Commonwealth government’s roles and responsibilities in early childhood education and care, focusing on the last fifty years in preschool and long day care.