Good point, but now to take care of children, you need to have University degrees !!! and Uni graduates seem unwilling to work for pennies - much less than $10 an hour.... (this is the economic push to low wages USA style) ... :-)

Indeed, because of the recent 'blue card' system for those around children, even some parents can't get one, so can't go on the property of their own children's school...


Thus the cheaper old 'Grannie' or 'elder child' or even 'home alone' system has been discouraged.

And when you have to pay more per hour (non-tax deductable) for childminding than you earn before tax per hour (Aust has one of the highest rates of personal tax) ...... Doh!

And then, once you start working on welfare, the 'effective' increased tax/loss of benefit rate can actually send you backwards economically.