ÿþ <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <title>Kids First Australia: Homepage</title> <meta name="description" content="Kids First Parent of Australia: Who we are, what we do, and our history"> <meta name="keywords" content="child, care, australian, caregiving, giving, daycare, day, unpaid, labor, labour, babysitter, childcare, family, families, relative, finance, political, parents, mother, father,kids,first,parent,Australia,Kids First Australia"> <STYLE> <!-- P.DATADOC {BORDER-STYLE : dotted; BORDER-COLOR: #800080; PADDING: 5 px; MARGIN: 1 em} P.LETTER {BORDER-STYLE : dotted; BORDER-COLOR: #800080; PADDING: 5 px; MARGIN: 1 em}--> body{background-image:url("images/australia-flag-fade.jpg"); background-repeat:both;} </STYLE> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body { background-image: url("images/australia-flag-fade.jpg"); background-color:#cccccc; color:#000000; font-size:24px; font-weight:bold;} a:link{color:green;} a:visited{color:green;} a:hover{color:red;} div.z1{z-index:1;} div.z2{z-index:2;} --> </style> </head> <body class="body" text="#555555" link="#ff0000" vlink="#0080c0" alink="#ff0080" topmargin=0> <div class="z1"> <center> <script type="text/javascript"> window.onload = function(){ } </script> <table width=900 border=0 cellspacing=15 bgcolor=#ffffff> <tr> <td colspan=2 height="111"><center> <img src="images/australia.jpg" width="70" height="50" alt="Australian Flag" /><br /><br /> <img src="images/LOGO.jpg" width="380" height="110" alt="Kids First Parents Association of Australia"><br><br> <font size="+1">ESTABLISHED 2009<br> CELEBRATING PARENTS PUTTING KIDS FIRST!</font> <br /> <form action="index.php" method="post"> <em><b>Search this site: </b></em><input type="text" id="SEARCH" class="snd" name="search" value="Search not done yet!" size="30" maxlength="1000" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" /> <input type="button" name="submit" value="View All Results" /> </form> <br /> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=529 valign=top height="1000"> <font face="arial, helvetica" size=-1> <p align=justify> <font size="+1"><b>What We Are</b></font><br><br> <p>We are a non-profit association with these objectives:</p><ol> <li>To promote the <b>optimal care</b> and <b>well-being of children</b>.</li><br /><br /> <li>To recognise the enormous <b>social and economic value of parental childcare</b>, including the care work itself and <b>unwaged work</b> within families and the community.</li><br /><br /> <li>To defend parents' <b>childcare choices without discrimination</b>, including funding inequity.</li><br /><br /> <li>To ensure <b>childcare information is full and accurate</b>, especially from tax-funded agencies.</li><br /><br /> </ul><br /><br /> <div style="position:relative; left:-35;"><font size="+1"><b>What We Do and Why</b></font><br /><br /></div> We are a communications network of people working to better the lives of children<br /> and their families. Through our efforts we endeavour to raise the social status and<br /> support for the time devoted to care giving and the anchor it provides to a healthy society.<br /><br /> We know that <b>every mother is a working mother.</b><br /><br /> We know government has a complimentary responsibility to <b>support and not to<br /> replace families</b> in child-rearing. The responsibility of the state is to<br /> <b>defend families and children from harm </b> by other sectors.<br /><br /> We focus on examining legal, financial, social and political obstacles that deny<br /> parents reliable information and equality in their choices regarding the child-rearing<br /> style they believe is best for their family, be it care by a neighbour, friend, relative, babysitter, parent in a home-based office, tag-team<br /> parents, parent at home full-time, family day home, daycare or other.<br /><br /> Kids First aims to provide data that exposes unfair discrimination against family-<br /> based care-giving of children and those (mostly mothers) who do it.<br /> Discrimination is widespread.<br /><br /> We aim to eliminate discrimination in legislation and policy concerning -<br /><br /> <b>nð</b> definitions of  child care that exclude care by family/parents<br /> <b>nð</b> definitions of  work that exclude care-work outside of the GDP sector<br /> <b>nð</b> funding for lobbying<br /> <b>nð</b> child care funding and subsidies<br /> <b>nð</b> taxation<br /> <b>nð</b> unemployment insurance<br /> <b>nð</b> maternity benefits<br /> <b>nð</b> social assistance<br /> <b>nð</b> census data<br /> <b>nð</b> child and spousal support<br /> <b>nð</b> pensions, etc.<br /><br /> We are a voice for the majority of families that do not use daycare even heard by legislators.<br /><br /> Kids First networks with other parent support groups here and abroad.<br /> The movement to value caregiving labour has become a major force in<br /> sociological studies as well as a focus of the next big push in the<br /> struggle for women's equality.<br /><br /> Kids First primarily uses the internet to communicate and is exploring<br /> options for a legal challenge to discriminatory legislation and policies.<br /> </p> </font></td> <style type="text/css"> <!-- a:link{color:green;} a:visited{color:green;} a:hover{color:red;} --> </style> <td valign=top> <center> <div style="border-color:gray; border-style:solid; border-width:2; position:relative; top:-5;"> <font color="red" size=5> <b><em>Sign our petition online now! --</em></b></font><br /> <b><a style="position:relative; top:-1;" href="http://www.childrenneedparents.com/Site/Petition.html">Sign now!</a></b> </div> </center> <font face="arial, helvetica" size=-1> <b><img src="images/arrow-sm.gif" width="4" height="8" alt="arrow" border=0 hspace=10> <a href="index.php">Search this site</a><br> <img src="images/arrow-sm.gif" width="4" height="8" alt="arrow" border=0 hspace=10> <a href="kidsfirst-policy.php">Government Submissions</a><br> <img src="images/arrow-sm.gif" width="4" height="8" alt="arrow" border=0 hspace=10> <a href="links.php">Related Links</a><br> <img src="images/arrow-sm.gif" width="4" height="8" alt="arrow" border=0 hspace=10> <a href="fund-home.php">Fund the Child Movement</a><br> <img src="images/arrow-sm.gif" width="4" height="8" alt="arrow" border=0 hspace=10> <a href="book-list.php">Book List: Recommended Reading</a><br> <img src="images/arrow-sm.gif" width="4" height="8" alt="arrow" border=0 hspace=10> <a href="audio-video.php">Media, News, Articles</a><br> <img src="images/arrow-sm.gif" width="4" height="8" alt="arrow" border=0 hspace=10> <a href="helpus.php">Memberships / Donations</a><br> <img src="images/arrow-sm.gif" width="4" height="8" alt="arrow" border=0 hspace=10> <a href="policy.php">Our Policies</a><br><img src="images/arrow-sm.gif" width="4" height="8" alt="arrow" border=0 hspace=10> <a href="Contact Us.php">Contact Us</a><br> <img src="images/arrow-sm.gif" width="4" height="8" alt="arrow" border=0 hspace=10> Home<br> <br><br> <center> <div style="border:ridge black"> <font face="cooper black, arial, helvetica, arial black" size="3" color="black"> Visit us on Facebook... </font><br /> Our site is:<br /> Kids First Parent Association of Australia </div><br /><br /><br /> <div style="border:ridge black"> <font face="cooper black, arial, helvetica, arial black" size="3" color="black"> Our childcare funding is unfair!</font><br /><br /> <a href="FundingFigures.pdf">Download government figures here</a> </div> <br /><br /> <div style="border:ridge black"> <font face="cooper black, arial, helvetica, arial black" size="3" color="black"> Should stay-at-home mums get paid for childcare? </font><br /><br /> <a href="tempe-harvey.mp3">Download</a> a 5 October 2009 radio interview with<br /> Tempe Harvey the Kids First President. Most Australian kids - those not in daycare - are missing out on their fair share of funding. </div> </center> <br> </b> <br> <br> <font size="+1"><b>Management Committee:<br /></b></font> <ul> <li>Tempe Harvey&#8212President <li>Susan Guy&#8212Secretary <li>Megan Pitcher&#8212Treasurer </ul></font> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="font-style:italic; font-weight:normal;">Kids First Australia aims to provide transparent, accurate data with references. We apologize for any inadvertent data errors or relevant omissions. We ask that you inform us of any errors you notice. 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