Big Business, Unions Call for Childcare Reform to Bring Women Back to Work

Big Business, Unions Call for Childcare Reform to Bring Women Back to Work
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg during a press conference in the Main Committee Room at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on July 23, 2020. Sam Mooy/Getty Images
Epoch Times Sydney Staff
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Big business and the unions are looking for Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s May 11 budget to get women back to work by revamping the childcare and paid parental leave systems.

Jennifer Westacott, the chief executive of the Business Council of Australia (BCA), argues that Australia’s population is growing at its lowest rate since World War I and that it is critical to lift female participation in workplace.