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Mitchell Institute researchers give their views on the Productivity Commission's interim report into early childhood education and care.

New analysis shows which electorates across Australia have the most expensive childcare, least childcare access and the most children that are developmentally at risk.

Childcare is currently unaffordable for 386,000 Australian families or 39% of families who use childcare, a new report from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute shows.

Childcare is currently unaffordable for 386,000 Australian families or 39% of families who use childcare, a new report from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute shows.

The Conversation: Our analysis suggests the government's child-care subsidy changes won’t do much to improve the affordability of child care for many families on low to middle incomes.

New research forecasts the education sector's biggest losses are yet to come, finding a third academic year of no international students would cost about $20 billion a year.

There are huge costs associated with lost opportunity in Australia.

Early school leavers and disengaged young people aren’t automatically ‘finding their way’ and it has a life-long impact.

Large numbers of young Australians are not succeeding in education and training, and it’s costing taxpayers billions of dollars each year.

For too long, early years education policy has focused on the money, pigeonholed into a debate about “child care” and “mums getting back to work”.