Half of Australian parents “don’t read to kids”

Almost half of Australian parents don’t read to their children on a daily basis, and two-thirds say they lack the time to read to them as much as they’d like. The figures, described as “disturbing” by children’s author and literacy expert Mem Fox, are included in a Newspoll survey commissioned by the not-for-profit Dymocks Literacy Foundation. Find out more in The Australian.