# Labor says universal early childhood education is better than a baby bonus for lifting Australia’s birthrate

https://mins.news/en/item/67008

- The Guardian, 2026-09-21 08:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/21/universal-early-childhood-education-better-than-baby-bonus-to-increase-australias-birthrate-labor-says

> Labor says expanding early childhood education and care, potentially through universal access, is a better response to Australia’s falling birthrate than reviving a baby bonus. An intergenerational report forecasts that deaths will outnumber births in about 40 years, with fertility projected to fall from 1.5 children per woman in 2030–31 to 1.34 in 2065–66.

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