Senate debates
Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Questions without Notice
Child Care
2:46 pm
Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
Minister Watt, in your own Facebook posts as far back as 2018, you've described early childhood educators as 'grossly underpaid' and identified the wage discrimination that exists for traditionally female dominated workplaces. You know that the pandemic and workforce shortages have made the crisis worse, so why have you given up? When will you commit? When will you commit to giving early childhood education workers the immediate pay rise that they deserve and make early education free for all? (Time expired)
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