3 Day Childcare Subsidy now in Place, but will it help Families?

Parents sending children to childcare are now guaranteed a 90 percent subsidy for 3 days a week, without completing any eligibility test.

Children’s play equipment at Connie Benn Early Learning Centre, in Melbourne, Thursday, August 21, 2025. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) Source: AAP / JOEL CARRETT/AAPIMAGE

Starting January 5 this week, the Albanese government have guaranteed access for parents to a 90 percent subsidy for 3 days a week of child care.

The subsidy will cost around $430 million over the next four years but the government says hundreds of thousands of families are set to benefit.

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