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Early childhood educators earn as little as $20 an hour.

Four reasons your childcare bill is so high

We know that childcare costs are ever rising, but the latest data - from the Melbourne Institute, which has been tracking the changing nature of how Australians live since 2001 - sets out the pressure on household budgets clearly.

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Who decides when it's time to start a family? Not the dad.

The real costs of starting a family

Rising childcare costs are heaping more financial pressure on Australian families at a time when soaring house prices mean many are struggling to buy their first home or pay off a big mortgage.

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Evidence of the trim.

Childcare cuts girl's hair without asking parents

When mums and dads drop their child off at daycare they realise their little one might come home a bit dirty after a day's play, have paint on their clothes, or even a scratch on their knee if they took a tumble during the day.

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Lower income families and those on very high incomes would gain under Labor, according to modelling.

Childcare: Most families better off under Labor

Most families using childcare would be better off over the next two years under Labor's policies, largely because of the Coalition's tied cuts to family payments, an independent new analysis has found.

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Attention to childcare funding in Australia leaves a lot to be desired, on both sides of politics.

Childcare policies have a missing piece

In 1974 the government decided to delay an election promise to fund a proper child care system. The Women's Electoral Lobby organised a huge children's party on the lawns of Parliament House to protest and the Whitlam Government learnt not to muck with women, children and childcare.

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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said his party's policy would deliver affordable childcare for families.

Labor unveils $3 billion childcare plan

The Turnbull government has rubbished Labor's $3 billion childcare cash-splash, which includes a rise in the annual rebate to $10,000 per child.

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