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Why Georgie Dent’s viral speech hit a nerve with Australian working parents – Full Story podcast

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Georgie Dent’s National Press Club address recently went viral after she laid bare the compounding pressures on modern families. Between skyrocketing cost of living, rigid workplace expectations, and an eye-watering gap between school days and work hours, is the current system setting parents up to fail? Reged Ahmad speaks with Georgie Dent , the CEO of advocacy group The Parenthood, to unpack why raising children has become an impossible mathematical equation and how policy reform can fix it Read more: It costs nearly $37,000 a year to raise two children in Australia, research shows Video: Parenting advocate says family pressures are a ‘policy failure’ Video: Parenting advocate explains 814-hour parenting shortfall caused by school holidays Continue reading...