Key Points
- It is recommended infants and toddlers be sent to early childhood education facilities sooner than later to help parents return to work.
- First-time parents and migrants can feel particularly challenged by frequent sickness from childcare.
- Some migrants who are not eligible for childcare subsidy disbursed by Centrelink, have to bear the full cost of childcare.
- Excluding a sick child from a childcare centre is based on duty of care towards other children.