News article - There is a better way to help mothers return to paid work

[The[cookie]Doctor]

On an average rise of $5 per day across the 8 years CCR will have been frozen between 2009-2017 it will equate to costing over $10,000 extra per year to send a child full time. And that is per child. Of course there is a limit on what the budget can do, but some pressure needs to be taken off families utilising care somehow, surely. :/
For me, my situation has allowed this to not be an indicator for whether or not I returned to work, but with circumstance changing it may well be in the future and to be honest the prospect certainly unhinges my desire for more children. I don't expect a handout but if fees rise at the same level they are now by 2017 fees will be $525 per week or $27,500 per year in this area. It begins to cost more than private school education where there are no rebates!

Edit: Sorry, a tangent.
HAH! not that it isn't already with fees being at roughly $22,000 at present...
OMG for two kids in care that's $44,000 (current) or $55,000 (2017) for childcare per year, before rebates.
That would cancel out my wage or more than it. If your partner was on a high income and you were then ineligible for any CCB or FTB what incentive is there to work. Sure you get your $15,000 rebate but that means you would be working for $280 per week (before tax) ... to work your damn ar$e off away from home, your kids and family 38 hours per week + travel ... for me = $6.50 per hour wage. No thanks.
Not to mention the FTB you wouldn't get. You would be better at home with your partner working only on their high income than both working for your average one - this is exactly why women (or the lower income earner) don't return to work.