The $1,500 Mother’s Day gift: Childcare reforms to get mums back to work
FAMILIES will be better off by $1500 a year on average under childcare reforms that will encourage mums back to work and create a Medicare-style childcare smartcard.
Social Services Minister Scott Morrison will today unveil reforms that will put $30 a week back into the pockets of low and middle-income families who are currently earning up to $165,000.
But parents will have to wait until 2017 to secure childcare relief as the changes will be phased in over time.
Full Article: The Daily Telegraph