There are calls to drastically overhaul the childcare sector to make it more affordable after parents were told they would have to resume normal fees.
Australian parents pay almost four times as much as their international counterparts for child care, forcing parents out of the workforce and leaving children without a head start in learning.
By international standards, Australia has one of the highest out-of-pocket child care costs in the world, behind the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand.
Source: Australia’s childcare cost among the highest in the world