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 laying bare the compounding pressures on modern families. Between skyrocketing costs 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? Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube and hit the bell to see new videos ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianaustralia?sub_confirmation=1 Reged Ahmad speaks with CEO of advocacy group The Parenthood, Georgie Dent, 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 ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/23/cost-of-raising-two-children-in-australia-has-risen-134-in-two-decades-study-says?CMP=gdnaus_yt Parenting advocate says family pressures are a ‘policy failure’ ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2
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