By education and parenting press reporter Conor Duffy
Updated.
April 02, 2020 15: 47:18
Childcare will be made available free of charge for moms and dads who continue working during the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has actually revealed.
Bottom line:
- Many moms and dads have actually pulled children out of child care
- The industry has been calling for a bailout
- The Government will now cover half of child care centres’ operating expense, based upon February attendance rates
The Federal Government will share of the operating costs of Australia’s 13,000 childcare and early learning centres.
Those operating costs will be based upon centres’ attendance levels in February– before moms and dads began pulling their kids out of care in large numbers.
But to get approved for the money, a child care centre should remain open and must not charge families for care.
The announcement follows the sector advocated a bailout, saying it was facing a crisis like never ever previously since of a massive hit to both of its income streams due to the fact that of falling attendance. Lots of centres have currently clos