TY - Briefing paper AU - David Baker PY - 2013 T1 - Trouble with childcare: affordability, availability and quality PB - The Australia Institute DO - https://doi.org/APO-33246 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/33246 AB - Recent government approaches to childcare funding have been simple rather than innovative. Improvements in affordability have been short lived, with benefits quickly absorbed through higher costs charged to families. The result is an ongoing game of catch up between government and service providers with families stuck in the middle. ER -