Jun 16, 2026 – 10.00pmTaxpayers will fund another $3.6 billion in childcare wage subsidies over the next 18 months, after a supposedly one-off injection of the same amount over the past two years backfired, leaving workers exposed to a pay cut unless it was renewed.The new funding, which will take to $7.2 billion the gross amount spent on childcare wage subsidies in less than four years, will be unveiled by the Albanese government on Wednesday, along with a signature announcement on Medicare, at the same time the ascendant Pauline Hanson makes her first keynote address to the National Press Club.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Taxpayers to foot bill for another $3.6b childcare wage subsidy
Anthony Albanese will unveil signature measures on childcare and Medicare while Pauline Hanson makes her first address at the National Press Club.
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