Long waits to access daycare are hampering parents returning to work, the consumer watchdog says.
Ahead of the release of an interim report into the state of the country’s childcare sector, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said large number of families have struggled with expensive fees for services.
The watchdog has called for more parents to share their experience of childcare with the commission, before submissions close on June 4.
The commission’s chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said more than 2000 families had already taken part, with similar stories emerging.
“The responses to this survey so far are creating a vivid picture of the issues families are struggling with and providing critical data for our analysis of the childcare sector and its costs and pressures,” she said….