Australian Think Tank Calls For $10-a-Day Childcare Reform

The Centre for Policy Development recommended that all young children be entitled to at least three days a week of childcare services at low or no fee.

Children are seen at an early childhood centre in Canberra, Australia, on Oct. 30, 2020. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

An Australian think tank has called on the Labor government to implement a childcare reform that would see low-income families pay as little as $10 (US$6.60) a day or no fee for the service to fix the current “failing system.”

However, evidence from Canada suggested that such a reform might not bring about the intended results