Liberals have squeezed back in - what about looking after Early Childcare workers?

Let's see what happens with the Government arts and education policies, post election.

One area, that of the Early Childhood workforce, was only addressed by Labour, pre-election. It's of great concern that a recent survey of 1200 early educators across Australia found 1 in 5 were planning to leave the profession.

Reasons can be summarised as low pay (it's a 94% female dominated sector), feeling undervalued and increasing time on administrative tasks.

Early childhood experience should be a great foundation for learning. Let's start appropriately valuing those who do this important work.

Read the whole article in The Conversation