Albanese government urged to include pay rise for all childcare and aged care workers in budget

Labor downplays delivering on women’s taskforce wishlist all at once but promises to ‘build upon’ investments in future budgets

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Increased rent assistance and a pay rise for all childcare and aged care workers are among the “specific and urgent” recommendations for the May budget made by the women’s economic equality taskforce.

The finance minister, Katy Gallagher, has released the taskforce’s advice but played down the likelihood of delivering on the wishlist all at once, noting the “tight fiscal environment” and promising to “build upon” investments in future budgets.

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