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New modelling finds investing in childcare and aged care almost pays for itself

  • Written by: Janine Dixon, Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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In the absence of an official analysis of the impact of the budget by gender the National Foundation for Australian Women has this morning published its own gender analysis of the budget, across multiple dimensions.

It finds the government has invested heavily in things that will mainly benefit men, including...

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