Digging Deeper | Part 1: A look into the childcare crisis - a mother’s perspective

The News Kate Walters, who has been covering this issue, is not exempt from the crisis, as a parent herself struggling to attain childcare for her youngest.

In this week’s episode, she discusses the specific struggles she’s had in gaining childcare, some of the systemic issues that exist when applying for subsidies and time availability for kinder.

Next week, Nicola will be chatting with the CEO of Goulburn Region Preschool Association, Ronni Druitt for her perspective on the crisis and the systemic issues that exist within the industry that further disadvantage childcare availability in the region.

Listen to Kate’s full episode below.

Links mentioned in podcast:

Gender and educational patterns in the demand and supply of grandparent childcare in Australia study

Mapping the deserts: Childcare accessibility in Australia

Productivity Commission into early childhood education and care

Local member says better access to childcare needed in regional towns | Shepparton News